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Inaction, individual action and collective action as responses to housing dissatisfaction: a comparative study of Budapest and Moscow

Pickvance, Chris (2001) Inaction, individual action and collective action as responses to housing dissatisfaction: a comparative study of Budapest and Moscow. Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 23 . pp. 179-206. ISSN 0163-786X. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:10989)

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Abstract

The article treats inaction, individual action and collective action (protest) as a linked set of responses housing dissatisfaction, rather than prioritizing the latter over the two former as is usual, and compares the situation in the two cities. It is shown that inaction is concentrated among the poorest groups (and there is no evidence of thir showing 'loyalty' as Hirschman argues), that individual action is the commonest response especially among those with middle or higher incomes, and that collective action is very rare, though it does exist in Moscow where strong motivation combines with an unfavourable political and mobilization context.

Item Type: Article
Projects: Environmental and housing movements in Hungary, Russia and Estonia
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (https://ror.org/03n0ht308)
Depositing User: Chris Pickvance
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2008 16:06 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/10989 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Pickvance, Chris.

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