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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779048203321

Titolo

Branding post-communist nations : marketizing national identities in the "new" Europe / / edited by Nadia Kaneva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65799-1

1-283-44139-X

9786613441393

0-203-80681-6

1-136-65800-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; ; 33

Altri autori (Persone)

KanevaNadia

Disciplina

306.20947

Soggetti

Political culture - Europe, Eastern

Nationalism - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Promises and problems of post-Communist nation branding -- pt. 2. Agents, institutions, practices -- pt. 3. Representations, mediations, narrations.

Sommario/riassunto

Nation branding--a set of ideas rooted in Western marketing--gained popularity in the post-communist world by promising a quick fix for the identity malaise of ""transitional"" societies. Since 1989, almost every country in Central and Eastern Europe has engaged in nation branding initiatives of varying scope and sophistication. For the first time, this volume collects in one place studies that examine the practices and discourses of the nation branding undertaken in these countries. In addition to documenting various rebranding initiatives, these studies raise important questions about their