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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Eastern European migrants' affective relationship with the idea of working class remains
poorly understood. This article demonstrates how neoliberal ideology–which shaped …

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 …

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 …