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Arnošt Novák;Bob Kuřík

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JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.42,Issue2,P.203-221

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英文

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作者单位

Charles University

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Using empirical material relating to political squatting in Prague, the objective of this article is to problematize, complement, and extend the radical-activist type within the political-activism typology for postsocialist countries developed by Ondřej Císař. The text analyzes 3 crucial political squats that emerged after 1989: Ladronka, Milada, and Klinika. It aims to document that the radical activism presented by Císař is not homogeneous but heterogeneous and dynamic. Contrary to Císař’s quantitative approach based on protest data analysis, this article is grounded in qualitative and ethnographic research strategies that intend to bring a different perspective to radical activism. From a broader perspective, the text strives to complement canonical theories of social movements (the theory of political opportunity structure) with new theories (prefiguration and politics of act), both of which lie outside the main canon. It is precisely this combination that enables us to better understand the heterogeneity and dynamics of political squatting in Prague.Additional informationAuthor informationArnošt NovákArnošt Novák is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sociology in the Department of Social and Cultural Ecology at Charles University in Prague. He received his PhD (2015) in environmental studies from Charles University. His main areas of research interests involve environmental movements and environmental politics, commons, urban activism, and autonomous politics. He is author of The Dark Green World: Radical Ecological Activities in Czech Republic After 1989 (SLON, 2017, in Czech). His texts have appeared in Baltic Worlds and Mezinárodní Vztahy (Czech Journal of International Relations).Bob KuříkBob Kuřík is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Anthropology in the Department of Social and Cultural Ecology at Charles University in Prague. He was a Fulbright Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles (2013–2014). He holds a PhD (2015) in Social Anthropology from Charles University. His research interests center around protest, ecology and the Internet. He is the co-editor of “Microphone Is Our Bomb”: Politics and Music Youth Subcultures in Post-Socialist Czech Republic (Togga, 2018, in Czech). His texts have appeared in Czech Sociological Review and The SAGE Handbook of Resistance (2016).FundingThis publication was supported by the the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Institutional Support for Long-Term Development of Research Organizations, Charles University, Faculty of Humanities.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.