Europe : Lives in Transition / / Bettina Van Hoven, Tim Unwin

• Autore: Hoven Bettina van
• Pubblicazione: Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0947
• Soggetto topico: Post-communism - Europe, Eastern; Political geography; Geopolitics - Europe; Group identities - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Social conditions 1989-
• Persona (resp. second.): UnwinTim
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 borderlands ; Borders, 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 Stenning ; Nigel 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 transition ; Remembering 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; 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; Tourism and travel; Opportunity: means to develop identity; Opportunity: choice; Barrier: estrangement; Barrier: lack of money; Consuming the natural environment/Russia ; Consuming the natural environment/Poland
• Titolo autorizzato: Europe
• ISBN: 1-315-84762-0; 1-317-90443-5; 1-317-90442-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798204503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II