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85 - Authoritarian Urbanism in Eurasia
Podcast: Urban Political Podcast (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: 85 - Authoritarian Urbanism in Eurasia
Pub date: 2025-03-12
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Examples from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Episode: 85 - Authoritarian Urbanism in Eurasia
Pub date: 2025-03-12
Get Podcast Transcript →
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Examples from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
This episode is part of our Think&Drink Series in collaboration with the Georg-Simmel-Centre for Urban Studies working with the Humboldt University Berlin. Today’s speaker is Andrei Semenov, an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Authoritarian urbanism has recently become a buzzword applied to different settings and situations. Andrei attempts to clarify the conceptual foundations of this term by using a combination of political science and urban sociology analytical frameworks. He shows that the authoritarian part refers to the dictators' response to two key challenges to their rule: elite factionalism and mass uprisings. While a wide set of strategies is available to dictators, the instruments and practices of urban development constitute one possible way of responding. More specifically, he argues that authoritarian urbanism simultaneously aims at two (not always compatible) goals: providing rents to ensure the elites' loyalty and satisfying the mass demand for housing and a comfortable urban environment. He illustrates these features with examples from Eurasian countries and concludes with some further research questions.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ross Beveridge, Markus Kip, Mais Jafari, Nitin Bathla, Julio Paulos, Nicolas Goez, Talja Blokland, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ross Beveridge, Markus Kip, Mais Jafari, Nitin Bathla, Julio Paulos, Nicolas Goez, Talja Blokland, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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By The Syllabus / Listen NotesPodcast: Urban Political Podcast (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)
Episode: 85 - Authoritarian Urbanism in Eurasia
Pub date: 2025-03-12
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Examples from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Episode: 85 - Authoritarian Urbanism in Eurasia
Pub date: 2025-03-12
Get Podcast Transcript →
powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
Examples from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
This episode is part of our Think&Drink Series in collaboration with the Georg-Simmel-Centre for Urban Studies working with the Humboldt University Berlin. Today’s speaker is Andrei Semenov, an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Authoritarian urbanism has recently become a buzzword applied to different settings and situations. Andrei attempts to clarify the conceptual foundations of this term by using a combination of political science and urban sociology analytical frameworks. He shows that the authoritarian part refers to the dictators' response to two key challenges to their rule: elite factionalism and mass uprisings. While a wide set of strategies is available to dictators, the instruments and practices of urban development constitute one possible way of responding. More specifically, he argues that authoritarian urbanism simultaneously aims at two (not always compatible) goals: providing rents to ensure the elites' loyalty and satisfying the mass demand for housing and a comfortable urban environment. He illustrates these features with examples from Eurasian countries and concludes with some further research questions.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ross Beveridge, Markus Kip, Mais Jafari, Nitin Bathla, Julio Paulos, Nicolas Goez, Talja Blokland, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ross Beveridge, Markus Kip, Mais Jafari, Nitin Bathla, Julio Paulos, Nicolas Goez, Talja Blokland, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.