During the 2010s, several studies questioned the conceptual stability of “post-socialism.” I
review some of these critiques, paying particular attention to the contradictions of the “Global …

This paper assesses the relationship between the urban labour market's resilience and
urban smartness for the European Union's metropolitan areas in Central and Eastern …

The paper introduces the concept of energy periphery to interrogate place-based
perspectives on the co-production of uneven geographical development, energy …

The main stimulus for this theme issue came from the perception shared by several scholars
that “post-socialist”(or “post-communist cities”) 1 cities are poorly visible in the urban studies …

Research on the post-socialist city remains weakly connected to global urban debates. This
contribution argues that a comparative research agenda can help the post-socialist city to …

This article brings attention to the diversity of urban conditions, actors, agency, and
development paths in contrast to the imperatives of urban entrepreneurialism and …

The phenomenon of state capitalism is attracting growing attention in economic geography
and political economy. We contribute to the debate by exploring the authoritarian state …

Rampant suburbanisation is one of the most visible changes evidenced in cities throughout
Central and Eastern Europe in the past three decades. In this paper, we analyse how …

This book provides a comparative analysis of shrinking cities in a broad range of
postsocialist countries within the so-called Global East, a liminal space between North and …

This paper offers a commentary on the papers in this special issue, drawing out the ways in
which they bring forward tactics for comparative and global urbanism, contributing to urban …