Housing Inequality in Sofia, Bulgaria

SES-0004457 John LoganElena Vesselinova纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校这篇博士论文改进项目研究了后社会主义城市的空间隔离。 这项研究将在保加利亚索菲亚进行，提供机会在向市场经济过渡的当代进程及其相关的日益扩大的社会分化中审查这一问题。 调查人员先前的研究表明，索菲亚与其他前社会主义首都城市相似，城市不平等的差距正在扩大。 PI假设，自1989年以来发生的经济和政治变化，以及欧洲的区域进程，正在形成一个社会两极分化更加严重的城市环境。这项研究将有助于文献的后社会主义城市的转型，并使我们能够更好地了解（1）人们如何作出决定的住房在资本主义制度，而不是一个共产主义的;和（2）住宅和流动模式如何对应于家庭结构，就业结构，教育，种族背景和收入在后社会主义制度。

SES-0004457John LoganElena VesselinovaSUNY AlbanyThis Doctoral Dissertation Improvement project examines spatial segregation in a post-socialist city. The study will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, which provides the opportunity to examine the issue within the contemporary process of transition towards a market economy and its related increasing social differentiation. The investigators' prior research shows that Sofia resembles other former socialist capital cities in that there is a widening gap in urban inequality. The PIs hypothesize that the economic and political changes that have occurred since 1989, together with the regional processes in Europe, are shaping an urban environment of sharper social polarization. This research will contribute to the literature on post-socialist cities in transition and allow us to better understand (1) how people make decisions about housing in a capitalist system as opposed to a communist one; and (2) how residential and mobility patterns correspond to household family structure, employment structure, education, ethnic background and income in a post-socialist system.