Good Relations, Micro-Entrepreneurship, And Permissive Spaces: “Transitional” Homelessness In St. Petersburg

Summary, in English

This study examines how survival strategies of homeless people in St. Petersburg, Russia, have been affected by “roll back” and “roll out” patterns of neoliberalism. The chaotic transition to market economy after 1990 caused widespread poverty, but it also provided opportunities that allowed the most marginalized people to carve out niches to exist. Outdoor markets, railway stations, and other places of petty commerce provided options to make money, while spaces for privacy and rest were offered in the dilapidated and neglected apartment blocs. After the year 2000, however, a thorough urban revitalization of the city has seriously reconfigured these spaces, thus jeopardizing the survival of the homeless.

• Author: Tova Höjdestrand
• Department/s: Social Anthropology
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Pages: 957-971
• Publication/Series: Urban Geography
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 7
• Full text: - 376 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.32.7.957
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Bellwether Publishing Ltd
• Topic: Social Anthropology
• Keywords: social anthropology; homelessness; urban studies; socialantropologi
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0272-3638