{"product_id":"private-life-public-action-how-housing-politics-mobilized-citizens-in-moscow-paperback-softback-9781439926147","title":"Private Life, Public Action; How Housing Politics Mobilized Citizens in Moscow (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439926147","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrivate Life, Public Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Housing Politics Mobilized Citizens in Moscow\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna Zhelnina (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439926147\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.341 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Anna Zhelnina’s impressive research draws on social movement theory—especially the strategic interactionist perspective—to explain struggles over urban redevelopment in Putin’s Moscow. These struggles forced ordinary people to articulate and sometimes reevaluate their strategies for improving—or escaping—their current housing and physical environments. Zhelnina demonstrates how political contention develops out of individuals’ habitual life strategies and how these habits are transformed, in turn, by contentious politics.” — Jeff Goodwin , Professor of Sociology at New York University, and author of \u003ci\u003eNo Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945–1991\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003ePrivate Life, Public Action\u003ci\u003e is a brilliant work of urban sociology, offering a finely textured microsociological lens on housing, redevelopment, and activism in authoritarian Russia. Anna Zhelnina moves beyond simplistic accounts of protest, revealing the subtle everyday practices through which citizens engage the urban public. Her careful analysis illuminates the complex logics of grassroots action, resulting in an immensely rich and original portrait of urban mobilization in today’s Russia. A vital read for scholars of cities, society, and power.” — Matthias Bernt , Leibniz-Institute for Research on Society and Space, Erkner, Germany, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Commodification Gap: Gentrification and Public Policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRenovation, an urban renewal plan in Moscow that was announced in the spring of 2017, proposed to demolish thousands of socialist-era apartment buildings. In a country where it is rare under an authoritarian government, residents supported or opposed the redevelopment by mobilizing and organizing into local alliances. They were often shocked by their neighbors who were excited about the new housing or those suspicious of being displaced.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivate Life, Public Action\u003c\/i\u003e traces how residents impacted by the relocation plan became activists despite having little to no experience organizing or even forming political affiliations and opinions. Author Anna Zhelnina details the ways in which neighbors engaged in collective action, as well as the individual and structural changes these interactions caused.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zhelnina develops the concept of “housing strategies” to explain how residents’ debates with their neighbors about housing were shaped by their private life strategies. She applies her findings about housing in Moscow to ongoing questions about political mobilization, demonstrating how public engagement is shaped by historical and social contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Examining the intersection of housing, politics, and citizenship in contemporary Russia, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Life, Public Action\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new way to look at urban change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003ePolitics, History, and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716780093720,"sku":"9781439926147","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/private-life-public-action-how-housing-politics-mobilized-citizens-in-moscow-paperback-softback-9781439926147","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}