Zombie socialism and the rise of neoliberalism in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe

L Chelcea, O Druţǎ - Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many scholars have asked themselves if and for how long they should use the concept of
“post-socialism.” We review some ways in which post-socialism is no longer used …

[图书][B] Remains of the Soviet past in Estonia

F Martínez - 2018 - library.oapen.org
What happens to legacies that do not find any continuation? In Estonia, a new generation
that does not remember the socialist era and is open to global influences has grown up. As a …

Tacit differences, ethnicity and neoliberalism: Polish migrant mothers in German cities

A Lisiak, M Nowicka - Gender, Place & Culture, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents an inquiry into which tacit differences are relevant for how people make
sense of encounters with others in urban settings, and how, if at all, they are translated into …

Up, down, and away: placing privilege in Bucharest, Romania

B O'Neill - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropologists have become increasingly sophisticated in the analysis of class by detailing
the urban margins, by 'studying up'to examine elite wealth, and by charting the rise of the …

Preparing for a “good life”: extracurriculars and the Romanian middle class

A Savu, Ș Lipan, M Crăciun - East European Politics and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Investment in an “education with an edge” in the form of costly extracurriculars is a growing
phenomenon in urban post-socialist Romania. To a certain extent, this is a typical strategy of …

Into and out of citizenship, through personal tax payments: Romanian migrants' leveraging of British self-employment

DO Vicol - Social Analysis, 2020 - berghahnjournals.com
This article builds on observations of self-employed Romanian migrants and their
encounters with UK fiscal obligations to position tax as a distinct node in the worker-citizen …

[PDF][PDF] Transformation of work-life balance perception in CEE countries in the post-pandemic era

K Stachová, Z Stacho… - Polish Journal of …, 2023 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Work-life balance is a crucial concept in today's world, as the tension between work and
personal life is increasing due to remote work and long working hours. The article aimed to …

The affective fields of working class among 'Eastern European'migrants in the UK

A Lulle - The Sociological Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Eastern European migrants' affective relationship with the idea of working class remains
poorly understood. This article demonstrates how neoliberal ideology–which shaped …

Approaching informality: rear-mirror methodology and ethnographic inquiry

M Wamsiedel - The Informal Economy in Global Perspective: Varieties …, 2017 - Springer
The purpose of this chapter is to advance a methodological framework for the study of open
secrecy, the voluntary concealment of the nature of proceedings jointly performed by …

Segmenting the city: McDonald's, the Metro, and the mobilization of the middle classes underground

B O'Neill - Environment and Planning A: Economy and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Following Romania's accession into the European Union (EU) in 2007, a wave of foreign
direct investment quickly transformed its capital city, Bucharest, into a global leader in …