Residential differentiation in Lithuanian Modern cities: Is It a (Post-)Soviet or Western city?
Journal Title: KultŁ«ra ir visuomenė. SocialiniŁ³ tyrimŁ³ Ł¾urnalas - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The article analyzes residential differentiation in modern lithuanian cities in order to answer the question whether these differences imply and reflect an increasing segregation and social exclusion observed in Western cities. it not only examines residential differ- ences and their relation to segregation as explained by the theories of urban Sociology and urban Studies, but also pays attention to the way these theories differently evalu- ate and study two projects of the modern city – Soviet and capital cities. The article uses new urban sociological theories – neo-marxist and neo-Weberian – to analyse the quantitative data from the survey “Social exclusion in Lithuanian cities: forms of Spatial Segregation and Polarisation” (2012) collected in three largest lithuanian cities – Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. The analysis does not suggest a severe socio-spatial segregation or polarization in lithuanian cities, but residential differences are evident. The results allow us to make certain assumptions about gentrification and reduction of the status of Soviet housing areas: although these areas are sufficiently heterogene- ous as far as their residential composition is concerned and residential differences are meagre, certain household indicators such as the age dynamics of household residents and the variables of class self-identification distinguish these areas sufficiently. it should also be noted that residents and families in working class areas and suburbs defined by two rather different polarized socio-demographic and socioeconomic organizations are the most homogenous thanks to their social composition, therefore residential dif- ferences between these urban areas are the most salient in lithuanian modern cities. although residential differences exist among different areas of the post-socialist city, a severe segregation found in Western cities is absent. however, certain processes of social exclusion and socio-spatial polarisation similar to those of Western societies currently are taking place.
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Apolonijus Žilys
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