Goodbye, post-socialism? Stranger things beyond the Global East

L Chelcea - Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Suburbanisation in East Germany

M Bernt, A Volkmann - Urban Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Rethinking peripheral geographies of innovation: towards an ordinary periphery approach

M Sattler - Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Thinking through and with the Caucasus, I provide reflections on the role of entrepreneurial
innovation in peripheral regions. I distinguish between three approaches to investigate firms' …

Geographical and institutional motives for mobility of researchers in science-based post-socialist city

O Konečný, L Hromčíková, M Ševčík, J Sucháček… - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the significance of perceived geographical and
organisational mobility determinants among scholars affiliated with research centres in Brno …

DILUTED POST‐SOCIALISM: Urban Policymaking in East Germany, Poland and Ukraine

Ł Drozda - International Journal of Urban and Regional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
More than three decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the post‐socialist
framework prevalent in the academic world is raising more and more questions. The three …

The modern and the Monster: heritage activism in the post-socialist city between performance and performativity

J Janinović - Urban Geography, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the role of urban grassroot movements in the social configuration of
contentious heritage and multiple temporalities and political articulations of heritage defense …

Totalitarian Flower Pavilion: The Dubious Post-Socialist Legacy of Contemporary Eastern European Cities

Ł Drozda - Urban Planning, 2024 - cogitatiopress.com
More than three decades after the collapse of state socialism in Central and Eastern Europe,
local urban processes are still very often associated with that historic period or post-socialist …

Bazaar-Related Migrant Residential Concentration Areas in Post-Socialist Russian Cities

E Varshaver, A Rocheva… - International Migration …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
There are various migrant residential concentration areas (MRCAs) internationally, but two
models are most frequently used to describe them: inner-city ethnic neighborhood and …

[PDF][PDF] Transition and urban transformations in post-Soviet perspective: approaches and conceptualization

O DENYSENKO - Ekonomichna ta Sotsialna Geografiya …, 2022 - bulletin-esgeograph.org.ua
This paper explores current debates on post-socialist transition and transformations,
focusing on their spatial dimension and conceptualization of the urban transformations. We …

Hated but Indispensable: Physical Transformations and Changing Perceptions of Panel Housing Estates in Postsocialist Bulgaria

V Mihaylov - Europe-Asia Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This essay addresses the physical transformation and changing public perceptions of the
panel housing estates built in Bulgaria during socialist industrialisation. Particular emphasis …