Postcommunism from Within : Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony / ed. by Amy Linch, Jan Kubik.
Badashvili, Medea, contributor.; Grabowska, Magdalena, contributor.; Grødeland, Åse Berit, contributor.; Karklins, Rasma, contributor.; Kennedy, Michael D., contributor.; Kubik, Jan, contributor.; Kubik, Jan, editor.; Ledeneva, Alena V., contributor.; Linch, Amy, contributor.; Linch, Amy, editor.; Lovin, Laura, contributor.; Pickles, John, contributor.; Regulska, Joanna, contributor.; Shami, Seteney, contributor.; Szelenyi, Ivan, contributor.; Vamanu, Alina, contributor.; Vamanu, Iulian, contributor.; Wilk, Katarzyna, contributor.; Wolfe, Thomas C., contributor.
2013
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Title Postcommunism from Within : Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony / ed. by Amy Linch, Jan Kubik.
ISBN 9780814724255
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814724262.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource : 28 black and white illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814724262.001.0001 doi
Call Number DJK51 .P677 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.947
Summary While the decline of communism in the late twentieth century brought democracy, political freedom, and better economic prospects for many people, it also produced massive social dislocation and engendered social problems that were far less pronounced under the old regimes. The fall of state socialism led to enormously complex political, economic, social, and cultural transformations, and while political liberalization was a lofty goal, it was neither uniform in its effects nor unqualified in its benefits. Postcommunism from Within foregrounds the diversity of the historical experiences and current realities of people in the postcommunist region in examining how they are responding to these monumental changes at home. The original essays in this volume lay out a bold new approach to research on the postcommunist region, and to democratization studies more broadly, that focuses on the social and cultural microprocesses behind political and economic transformation. Thematic essays by eminent scholars of postcommunism from across the social sciences are supported by case studies to demonstrate the limitations of current democratization paradigms and suggest ways of building categories of research that more closely capture the role of vernacular knowledge in demanding, creating, and adapting to institutional change. A novel approach to understanding one of the greatest political and social transformations in recent history, Postcommunism from Within explores not just how citizens respond to political and economic restructuring engineered at the top but also how people enact their own visions of life, politics, and justice by responding to daily challenges.
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Added Author Badashvili, Medea, contributor.
Grabowska, Magdalena, contributor.
Grødeland, Åse Berit, contributor.
Karklins, Rasma, contributor.
Kennedy, Michael D., contributor.
Kubik, Jan, contributor.
Kubik, Jan, editor.
Ledeneva, Alena V., contributor.
Linch, Amy, contributor.
Linch, Amy, editor.
Lovin, Laura, contributor.
Pickles, John, contributor.
Regulska, Joanna, contributor.
Shami, Seteney, contributor.
Szelenyi, Ivan, contributor.
Vamanu, Alina, contributor.
Vamanu, Iulian, contributor.
Wilk, Katarzyna, contributor.
Wolfe, Thomas C., contributor.
Series Social Science Research Council ; ; 8
In New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780814724262
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Frontmatter
Contents
Tables
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
introduction. Postcommunism in a New Key: Bottom Up and Inside Out
PART ONE. General Approaches to Postcommunism
Chapter One. From Transitology to Contextual Holism: A Theoretical Trajectory of Postcommunist Studies
Chapter Two. Social Justice, Social Science, and the Complexities of Postsocialism
PART TWO. Gender
Chapter Three. Social Justice, Hegemony, and Women's Mobilizations
Chapter Four. Grounds for Hope? Voices of Feminism and Women's Activism in Romania
Chapter Five. Transformation to Democracy: The Struggles of Georgian Women
PART THREE. Poverty
Chapter Six. Poverty and Popular Mobilization in Postcommunist Capitalist Regimes
Chapter Seven. "Scandalous Ethnicity" and "Victimized Ethnonationalism": Pejorative Representations of Roma in the Romanian Mainstream Media After January 2007
PART FOUR. Corruption
Chapter Eight. A Critique of the Global Corruption "Paradigm"
Chapter Nine. Informal Payments to Doctors: Corruption or Social Protest?
Chapter Ten. Informal Relations in Public Procurement: The Case of East Central and South Eastern Europe
Afterword. Mobilizing Justice Across Hegemonies in Place: Critical Postcommunist Vernaculars
Contributors
Index

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