Socio-inclusive potential of urban environment as a sociological category: perspectives of interpretation and assessment

Authors

  • Еlena V. Lebedeva Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

urban sociology, phenomenological analysis, city, urban environment, life-world, inclusiveness, functions and dysfunctions of inclusiveness, socio-inclusive potential of urban environment

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the category «socio-inclusive urban environment» from the perspective of the phenomenological tradition of sociology. Possible fields of reflection inclusiveness within methodology of urban studies are given, the conditions and factors contribute to the creation of socio-inclusive city, as well as barriers and obstacles to the realization of such phenomenon are analyzed. Based on the text of in-depth interviews, a semantic differential space for an empirical assessment of socio-inclusiveness is constructed.

Author Biography

  • Еlena V. Lebedeva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of communication and public relations

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2020-04-10

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No. 1 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

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From the Working Table of a Sociologist

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Lebedeva .Е.V. 2020. Socio-inclusive potential of urban environment as a sociological category: perspectives of interpretation and assessment. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Apr. 2020), 102–109.