Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city
Апстракт
The research focus is on whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as a city suitable for their way of life. At the outset, the analytical framework links the social production of contemporary cities to processes of globalization and transnational migration, with a focus on post-socialist cities and Belgrade as the object of empirical research. The second part of the paper contains data analysis based on the 21 semi-structured interviews with middle-class transnational migrants who had lived and worked in Belgrade for at least a year at the time of the interviews, conducted in late 2018 and early 2019. The analysis focuses on the opinions of transnational migrants regarding housing and working conditions in Belgrade in comparison to their previous experiences; on daily routines and practices they can or cannot realize in Belgrade; and on the importance they attach to globally standardized places (such as international cafes, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.) as com...pared to locally specific equivalents. In the concluding section, seeking to examine whether the Belgrade entrepreneurial urban policy meets the expectations of these transnational actors, the key research findings are summarized in a manner accordant with the inputs they could provide for Belgrades' urban development.
Кључне речи:
urban policy / transnational migrants / social production of space / city / BelgradeИзвор:
Sociologija, 2020, 62, 4, 549-568Издавач:
- Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Изазови нове друштвене интеграције у Србији: концепти и актери (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179035)
DOI: 10.2298/SOC2004549P
ISSN: 0038-0318
WoS: 000608397100006
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85099873091
Институција/група
Sociologija / SociologyTY - JOUR AU - Petrović, Mina PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3086 AB - The research focus is on whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as a city suitable for their way of life. At the outset, the analytical framework links the social production of contemporary cities to processes of globalization and transnational migration, with a focus on post-socialist cities and Belgrade as the object of empirical research. The second part of the paper contains data analysis based on the 21 semi-structured interviews with middle-class transnational migrants who had lived and worked in Belgrade for at least a year at the time of the interviews, conducted in late 2018 and early 2019. The analysis focuses on the opinions of transnational migrants regarding housing and working conditions in Belgrade in comparison to their previous experiences; on daily routines and practices they can or cannot realize in Belgrade; and on the importance they attach to globally standardized places (such as international cafes, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.) as compared to locally specific equivalents. In the concluding section, seeking to examine whether the Belgrade entrepreneurial urban policy meets the expectations of these transnational actors, the key research findings are summarized in a manner accordant with the inputs they could provide for Belgrades' urban development. PB - Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd T2 - Sociologija T1 - Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city EP - 568 IS - 4 SP - 549 VL - 62 DO - 10.2298/SOC2004549P ER -
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Petrović, M.. (2020). Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city. in Sociologija Sociološko udruženje Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd i Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za sociološka istraživanja, Beograd., 62(4), 549-568. https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2004549P
Petrović M. Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city. in Sociologija. 2020;62(4):549-568. doi:10.2298/SOC2004549P .
Petrović, Mina, "Whether transnational middle-class migrants perceive Belgrade as an attractive and comfortable city" in Sociologija, 62, no. 4 (2020):549-568, https://doi.org/10.2298/SOC2004549P . .