Surviving Post-socialism: Local Strategies and Regional Responses in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition) Book

This wide ranging study comprises of case studies drawn from various countries of the former socialist world. Centering around the theme of survival strategies developed in response to changing cultural, political and economic structures, the contributors consider the problems implicit in these changing economies at all levels, from household strategy to state and policy formation. Surviving Post-Socialism covers a huge geographical area and explores many other themes such as: gender; ethnicity; migration; employment and labour patterns; changing family structures; and ideas of nationalism. By emphasising local level experience, regional difference and the use actors make of local knowledge in developing survival strategies, this study argues that local level research is essential to an understanding of the transformation process in the post-socialist countries. Read More