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- Polanska Vergara, Dominika, 1980-
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Cognitive dimension in cross-movement alliances : the case of squatting and tenants’ movements in Warsaw
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Ingår i: Interface. - : Interface. - 2009-2431. ; 6:2, s. 328-356
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Squatting has been present in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of state socialism and Poland is pointed out as exceptional in the development of squatting in the area. However, looking closer at the squatting environment in Warsaw reveals that the movements’ successes are a result of a cross-movement alliance with the tenants’ movement. The cooperation between squatters and tenants have in a short period of time gained a strong negotiating position vis-à-vis local authorities in Warsaw. The objective of this article is to analyse the mechanisms behind the cooperation of squatters’ and the tenants’ movements and in particular the cognitive processes behind the formation of an alliance. Specific research questions posed in the article cover how the cooperation between the squatting movement and the tenants’ movement emerge in the city, and what cognitive processes characterize the cooperation. The empirical material for the study consists of altogether 40 semi-structured interviews with squatters and activists in the tenants’ movement in the city. It is argued in the article that the development of alliance formation includes processes of defining common goals, underplaying of differences, and recognizing common strength. Moreover, in order to reach the point when the alliance is formed the process of recognition of common strength needs to be successful in both movements resulting in a shared perception of empowerment.
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- Polanska Vergara, Dominika, 1980-
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Decline and revitalization in post-communist urban context : a case of the Polish city of Gdansk
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Ingår i: Communist and post-communist studies. - California : University of California Press. - 0967-067X .- 1873-6920. ; 41:3, s. 359-374
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines how different social, economic, historical and physical conditions coincide in the formation of space and processes of decline in the period of transformation in Poland. The focus lies on a specific residential area in the centre of the Polish city of Gdansk and the question why no improvements have been done in this particular area to stop its successive decline. It is among other things argued that clear urban policy together with improved urban planning and clear legislation on ownership are needed in order to improve conditions in this and other deprived areas of the city.
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- Polanska Vergara, Dominika, 1980-
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Gated Communities and the Construction of Social Class Markers in Postsocialist Societies : The Case of Poland
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Ingår i: Space and Culture. - : SAGE Publications. - 1206-3312 .- 1552-8308. ; 13:4, s. 421-435
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this article is to analyze how social class markers are constructed in the discourse on gated communities in a postsocialist urban context. The case of Poland is used as an example of a post-Communist country where the number of gated communities is increasing rapidly in urban areas. The material of study consists of 50 articles published in the largest national newspaper. This article argues that the discourse on gated communities is constituted by and constitutes class divisions and social class markers prevalent in the country since the fall of Communism. The "new" capitalistic system with its inherent social divisions is described as creating demands for "new" forms of housing where gates function as separators, protectors, and class identifiers. Residential differentiation is a reality in Polish society, and private space has become a symbol of exclusivity and spread throughout the country along with the popularity of gated forms of housing.
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- Polanska Vergara, Dominika, 1980-
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Increasing Enclaves of Poverty and Wealth in the City of Gdansk : The Impact from Urban Policy and Ownership Regulation?
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Ingår i: Poverty, Urbanity and Social Policy. - New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. - 9781607411000 ; , s. 131-145
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this chapter is to examine the reasons behind the increasing residential disparities in the city of Gdansk. Namely, I will look how the changes in urban policy, urban planning and ownership regulations have affected the development of the old and new residential areas in the city. Processes of decline and the emergence of gated communities are of main interest for illustrating urban development and specific examples of residential areas of Gdansk have been used to demonstrate the important role of urban policy and urban planning together with ownership conditions on the development in the city since the fall of communism. I argue that the lack of an explicit urban policy, including urban planning, has created enclaves of wealth and poverty in the city. Furthermore property rights’ regulations are complicated and unclear and hinder improvements of old and historical residential areas and a more integrated development of housing investments in the city.
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