A Glimpse Over the Rising Walls: The Reflection of Post-Communist Transformation in the Polish Discourse of Gated Communities

Glasze G, Pütz R, Gasior-Niemiec A (2009)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

East European Politics and Societies SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Publisher: SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Book Volume: 23

Pages Range: 244-265

URI: http://www.geographie.nat.uni-erlangen.de/wp-content/uploads/ggl_publik_glimpseoverisingwalls_091204.pdf

DOI: 10.1177/0888325408328749

Abstract

The authors focus on societal perceptions of the Polish post-communist transformation as reflected in the rising discourse of gated communities. Guarded, (video-) controlled and/or walled housing estates have been on the sprawl in the Polish metropolises throughout the 1990s and 2000s. However, only recently they have been discursively constructedg"under the banner of g gated communitiesgg"as a social and political issue in the country. The authors look at this issue from a vantage point offered by Laclau and Mouffe's theory of discourse, which allows the authors to combine a spatial and a linguistic analytical perspective. The analysis emphasizes the manner in which societal perceptions of borders surrounding gated communities overlap with perceptions of boundaries being inscribed in the social structure of post-communist Poland, while the resulting sociog"spatial configurations are taken to signify political cleavages inherent in the Polish nation. © 2009 Sage Publications.

Authors with CRIS profile

Georg Glasze Chair in Cultural Geography

Involved external institutions

University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski PL Poland (PL) Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Glasze, G., Pütz, R., & Gasior-Niemiec, A. (2009). A Glimpse Over the Rising Walls: The Reflection of Post-Communist Transformation in the Polish Discourse of Gated Communities. East European Politics and Societies, 23, 244-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0888325408328749

MLA:

Glasze, Georg, Robert Pütz, and Anna Gasior-Niemiec. "A Glimpse Over the Rising Walls: The Reflection of Post-Communist Transformation in the Polish Discourse of Gated Communities." East European Politics and Societies 23 (2009): 244-265.

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