04790oam 2200661M 450 991079820450332120230126214333.01-315-84762-01-317-90443-51-317-90442-7(CKB)3710000000648401(EBL)4513493(MiAaPQ)EBC4513493(Au-PeEL)EBL4513493(CaPaEBR)ebr11204016(CaONFJC)MIL916915(OCoLC)948171380(OCoLC)953862501(OCoLC)993780367(OCoLC)993965057(OCoLC-P)953862501(FlBoTFG)9781315847627(EXLCZ)99371000000064840120160503d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEurope Lives in Transition /Bettina Van Hoven, Tim UnwinRoutledge,2016.1 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-16351-1 0-13-091090-2 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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; Redrawing state boundaries and the cultural identities of borderlandsBorders, identities and the return to EuropeRethinking 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; Bettina van Hoven; Margareta Lelea; Carmella Pfaffenbach; Sari Pöyhönen; Izabela Robinson; Alison StenningNigel SwainAurora 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; Perception and opinion; Notes; Suggested reading; 6 Relationships; Finding facts; Understanding terms and concepts; Relationships in transitionRemembering the co-operativeA 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; Production in transition; Regional strategies within a Special Economic Zone; Business expansion for profit; Survival strategies; Success; Struggle; ExploitationRestructuring (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; Tourism and travel; Opportunity: means to develop identity; Opportunity: choice; Barrier: estrangement; Barrier: lack of money; Consuming the natural environment/RussiaConsuming the natural environment/PolandPost-communismEurope, EasternPolitical geographyGeopoliticsEuropeGroup identitiesEurope, EasternEurope, EasternSocial conditions1989-Post-communismPolitical geography.GeopoliticsGroup identities306.0947Hoven Bettina van1525214Unwin TimOCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910798204503321Europe3766423UNINA