Domesticating neo-liberalism : spaces of economic practice and social reproduction in post-socialist cities / / Alison Stenning ... [et al]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019533903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-65435-7; 9786612654350; 1-4051-6990-7; 1-4443-2540-X; 1-4443-2541-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Collana: RGS-IBG book series
• Altri autori (Persone): StenningAlison
• Disciplina: 330.94373
• Soggetti: Women - Poland - Social conditions; Women - Slovakia - Social conditions; Women - Poland - Economic conditions; Women - Slovakia - Economic conditions; Sex discrimination against women - Poland; Sex discrimination against women - Slovakia; Feminist economics - Poland; Feminist economics - Slovakia; Feminist theory - Poland; Feminist theory - Slovakia
• 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: Domesticating Neo-Liberalism; Contents; List of Plates, Figures and Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Domesticating Neo-Liberalism and the Spaces of Post-Socialism; 2 Neo-Liberalism and Post-Socialist Transformations; 3 Domesticating Economies: Diverse Economic Practices, Households and Social Reproduction; 4 Work: Employment, Unemployment and the Negotiation of Labour Markets; 5 Housing: Markets, Assets and Social Reproduction; 6 Land and Food: Production, Consumption and Leisure; 7 Care: Family, Social Networks and the State; 8 Conclusions; Appendix I: Summary Information on Interviewed HouseholdsAppendix II: Semi-Structured Interviews with Key Informants; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities.Builds upon a vast amount of new research dataExamines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformationProvides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalismOffers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement