Postsocialist suburban governmentality : A shift from reactive
to proactive discourse in the case of Brno, Czech Republic

J 2021

Postsocialist suburban governmentality : A shift from reactive to proactive discourse in the case of Brno, Czech Republic

LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie and Lucie GALČANOVÁ BATISTA

Basic information

Original name

Postsocialist suburban governmentality : A shift from reactive to proactive discourse in the case of Brno, Czech Republic

Authors

LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Lucie GALČANOVÁ BATISTA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cities, Oxford, Elsevier, 2021, 0264-2751

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Cities, Volume 110, March 2021, 103074

Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.077

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00120984

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103074

UT WoS

000618543600003

Keywords in English

Two-wave research; Czech Republic; Governmentality; Discourse analysis; Suburbanization; Post-socialism

Abstract

V originále

The article brings a perspective of governmentality theory to the studies on residential suburbanization of the European postsocialist cities. By examining the accounts of the mayors of fringe urban districts and municipalities located in the metropolitan area of Brno, the second-largest Czech city, we identify two interlinked discourses – the reactive discourse and the proactive discourse, both underlined by a specific sociospatial imaginary of rurality. The lens of governmentality theory led to the focus on the mayors' understanding of the process, their position within it, the political tools they did (not) apply and the legitimation of their decisions. The two-wave research design (2006–2009 and 2019, 26 interviews in total) enabled us to capture the substantial change in the intensity of these discourses over time to examine how they relate to the construction of the boundaries of municipal responsibility within the challenging suburbanization process.

Links

MUNI/A/1359/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Role individuálních a kolektivních aktérů v procesu sociální změny (Acronym: RIKA)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

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LOKŠOVÁ, Terezie and Lucie GALČANOVÁ BATISTA. Postsocialist suburban governmentality : A shift from reactive to proactive discourse in the case of Brno, Czech Republic. Cities. Oxford: Elsevier, 2021, vol. 110, March, p. 1-12. ISSN 0264-2751. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103074.

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