Essays about: "Loïc Wacquant"

Found 2 essays containing the words Loïc Wacquant.

1. 1. The Unsettlement of the Greek Property Regime and the Emergence of Vigilant Violence in Thessaloniki’s West End

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Nikolaos Vrantsis; [2021]
   Keywords : Housing; Housing System; Property Regime; Loïc Wacquant; Pierre Bourdieu; Social Space; Symbolic Power; Field of power; Thessaloniki; Ksiladika; Vigilance; Vigilant violence; Neoliberalism
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   Abstract : The thesis inquires into the entanglement between the unsettlement of the Greek model of social reproduction that heavily relies on self-regulated property ownership and the emergence of vigilant violence on behalf of local property owners against undocumented migrants in the relegated neighborhood of Ksiladika in Thessaloniki’s West End. It probes the extent to which incidents of vigilant violence can be used as indicators of the structural deficiencies in the Greek housing system and property paradigm. READ MORE

3. 2. Fixing Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods through Social Mix: A promising potential or delusional deroute?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Lea Christensen; [2018]
   Keywords : Disadvantaged neighbourhoods; social mix; mixed communities; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Improving and solving issues related to disadvantaged neighbourhoods have for decades been a concern for politicians, researchers, and professionals in Denmark as well as internationally. Recently, the concept of social mix has been very popular as a vision of development within planning practices and political strategies to develop disadvantaged neighbourhoods. READ MORE