Denaturalising the Coastline
Towards an Economic Sociology of the Construction of Coastal Real Estate Markets
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https://doi.org/10.18616/rdsd.v12i1.10684Keywords:
coastal real estate market, legitimation, contestation, social topologyAbstract
This article is grounded in a literature review and examines how the dynamics of power, as well as the mechanisms of legitimation and contestation, are structured within coastal real estate markets. Through an exploration of studies from southern France, southern and north-eastern Brazil, and the United States, it highlights the valuable contributions of sociology in understanding the contemporary transformations of coastal spaces. The article advocates an analytical and empirical shift from a utilitarian perspective to a socio-historical approach rooted in economic sociology.
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