Enmeshed with the digital: satellite navigation and the phenomenology of drivers' spaces
In: Mobilities, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 537-555
ISSN: 1745-011X
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In: Mobilities, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 537-555
ISSN: 1745-011X
In: Replika: társadalomtudományi folyóirat, Heft 113, S. 63-87
In: Replika: társadalomtudományi folyóirat, Band 112, S. 15-28
In: Socio.hu: társadalomtudományi szemle : social science review, S. 1-14
ISSN: 2063-0468
In: Social Inclusion, Band 12
ISSN: 2183-2803
Several rural areas all over the world have experienced the inflow of the urban better‐off. This rural gentrification takes various temporary and permanent forms, i.e., lifestyle migration, second‐home ownership, or short‐term visitors. Scholarly interest in rural gentrification is evidenced by the growing body of literature. Based on 105 semi‐structured in‐depth interviews conducted in two rural areas in Hungary, this article aims to explore the perceptions, motivations, preferences, and lived experiences of rural newcomers, their position within the community, as well as processes of inclusion and exclusion. We rely on Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus and argue that it includes distinct spatial dispositions forming a "spatial habitus." The interviews show that the middle‐class rural gentrifiers' (spatial) habitus is entangled with their cultural capital and represents a mixture of urban and "ruralising" dispositions. Their spatial practices are interpreted as the result of middle‐class (spatial) habitus and middle‐class symbolic distinction. At the same time, middle‐class rural gentrifiers are active local agents who defy common notions of newcomers having to integrate into their communities of choice.
In: International journal of sociology, Band 52, Heft 5, S. 370-396
ISSN: 1557-9336
According to a widely held view, a broad and strong middle class is a criterion for social stability and a decisive force for democratization. This paper first examines this normative concept of the middle class before investigating how the situation of the middle class changed in Hungary after the regime change and how broad and strong it is today. Finally, we examine to what extent today's Hungarian middle class can be regarded as a pillar of democracy and an engine of democratization.
In: Politikatudományi szemle, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 71-99
In: Reihe Wirtschaftswissenschaften 305