POSPĚCH, Pavel. Caution, control and consumption: defining acceptable conduct in the semi-public space of Czech shopping malls. In M. De Backer, L. Melgaço, G. Varna, F. Menichelli. Order and Conflict in Public Space. London: Routledge, 2016, p. 101-121. Routledge Studies in Crime and Society. ISBN 978-1-138-93118-3.
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Original name Caution, control and consumption: defining acceptable conduct in the semi-public space of Czech shopping malls
Authors POSPĚCH, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition London, Order and Conflict in Public Space, p. 101-121, 21 pp. Routledge Studies in Crime and Society, 2016.
Publisher Routledge
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 50400 5.4 Sociology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088516
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-1-138-93118-3
UT WoS 000401957000006
Keywords in English Public space; Conduct; Czech Republic; Shopping mall; Consumption; Regulation
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the problem of acceptable conduct in shopping malls, which, in Czech cities, are taking over some functions of traditional public space. It uncovers specific ways by which mall space is policed and regulated, the guiding principles behind these ways and the resulting definitions of acceptable conduct in these spaces. It does so by studying the hitherto-understudied post-socialist experience of the Czech Republic, a country that recently has undergone a massive expansion of shopping malls. A survey of house rules, a set of interviews and analyses of documents are employed to illustrate the complex nature of policing in Czech malls. It is shown that these spaces actively present themselves as different from the city public spaces which are increasingly portrayed as places of discomfort and danger. Against this, malls present themselves as safe, family-friendly and predictable spaces, where all sources of unpredictability and discomfort are suppressed.
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GP14-32200P, research and development projectName: Nepatřičnost v městském veřejném prostoru
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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