Urban regeneration and conflict

Nicht angegeben.The paper is based on the comparative study of six grassroots movements challenging urban regeneration programs in Moscow and Budapest. It argues that urban governance models in these cities could be described as hybrid governance combining neoliberal logic with neo-authoritarian ruling style. Therefore, in last decade both cities became arenas where neoliberal economic model is realized, post-socialist ideologies are created and political power of new regimes is consolidated. Such a model assumes close collaboration between state and private actors while leaves pretty limited space for public participation. Urban movements, emerging as a response to market-led and/or speculative urban development first, have to struggle to get a hearing, on the other hand, face internal contradictions and conflicts