ISBN:
9780130910905
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (198 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Hoven, Bettina Van Europe : Lives in Transition
DDC:
306.0947
Keywords:
Former communist countries - Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Thinking about transition -- Approach of this book -- Pedagogical structure -- The themes -- References -- 2 Transition in context: Theory in post-socialist transformations -- Introduction -- Liberal political economies of transition -- Grounded theory and the cultural turn -- Renegotiating Cold War geopolitics -- Cultural memory and post-socialist identities -- Theorising borderlands
Abstract:
Redrawing state boundaries and the cultural identities of borderlands -- Borders, identities and the return to Europe -- Rethinking state socialist history -- Globalisation and pan-European geographies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- References -- 3 Understanding transition -- A 'West Side' (short) story -- 'East is East' -- Understanding transition -- Them and Us -- Defining the Other -- 'I am an interesting oddity' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Researching transition -- Edwin Bakker -- Thomas Borén -- Moya Flynn -- Simon Groen -- Ágnes Gulyás -- Kathrin Hörschelmann
Abstract:
Bettina van Hoven -- Margareta Lelea -- Carmella Pfaffenbach -- Sari Pöyhönen -- Izabela Robinson -- Alison Stenning -- Nigel Swain -- Aurora Trif -- Craig Young, Sylwia Kaczmarek and Chrissie Gibson -- 5 Identities -- Finding facts -- Understanding terms and concepts -- Identities in transition -- Place identities in Lódz/Poland -- Place identities in St Petersburg/Russia -- Place identities in Mecklenburg-Westpommerania/the former GDR -- Claiming identities in Thuringia/the former GDR -- Claiming identities in Russia -- Gender identities in the former GDR -- Review and discussion
Abstract:
Perception and opinion -- Notes -- Suggested reading -- 6 Relationships -- Finding facts -- Understanding terms and concepts -- Relationships in transition -- Remembering the co-operative -- A feeling of 'sameness' -- Holding the co-operative together -- Starting disintegration of the community -- Disturbance in the community -- Friendships -- Families: children and parents -- Marriage -- Re-establishing relationships? -- New community members -- Review and discussion -- Perception and opinion -- Note -- Suggested reading -- 7 Production -- Finding facts -- Understanding terms and concepts
Abstract:
Production in transition -- Regional strategies within a Special Economic Zone -- Business expansion for profit -- Survival strategies -- Success -- Struggle -- Exploitation -- Restructuring (a manufacturing enterprise in Poland) -- Restructuring (publishing houses in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) -- Positive experiences with Western management practices -- Negative reactions to Western management practices -- Review and discussion -- Perception and opinion -- Suggested reading -- 8 Consumption -- Finding facts -- Understanding terms and concepts -- Consumption in transition
Abstract:
Tourism and travel
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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