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At a time of rising global economic precarity and social
inequality, the field of economic anthropology offers solutions
through the study of local and contextualized economic practices.
This book is made up of an exciting collection of succinct essays
authored by leading scholars primarily from the field of economic
anthropology, but also featuring contributions from sociology and
history. The chapters engage with debates at the cutting edge of
research on the topics of Eurasia, the anthropology of
postsocialism and the embeddedness of economic practices.
At a time of rising global economic precarity and social
inequality, the field of economic anthropology offers solutions
through the study of local and contextualized economic practices.
This book is made up of an exciting collection of succinct essays
authored by leading scholars primarily from the field of economic
anthropology, but also featuring contributions from sociology and
history. The chapters engage with debates at the cutting edge of
research on the topics of Eurasia, the anthropology of
postsocialism and the embeddedness of economic practices.
This book explores connections between poverty and migration in the
context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe. The last
decade has witnessed a massive movement of people in response to
rising inequalities as a result of political changes and economic
reforms implemented across the continent. As people seek new
opportunities, movement itself becomes part of the process of
generating new inequalities. The chapters in this volume provide
vivid examples of local participation in such global processes.
In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe,
time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a
local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist
period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and
unofficial pasts - history, folklore, and tradition - and shows how
they "fit" together in everyday life. During the socialist period,
the past was a central dimension of local politics and village
identity. Post-socialist development has demanded a revaluation of
temporality - as well as public and private space. This has led to
fundamental changes in social life and political relations, reduced
local resources, threatened village identity and transformed
political activity through the emergence of new political elites.
While the full implications of this process are still being played
out, this study underlines some of the fundamental processes
prevalent across eastern Europe that help explain widespread
ambiguity vis-B-vis post-socialist reform.
In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe,
time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a
local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist
period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and
unofficial pasts - history, folklore, and tradition - and shows how
they "fit" together in everyday life. During the socialist period,
the past was a central dimension of local politics and village
identity. Post-socialist development has demanded a revaluation of
temporality - as well as public and private space. This has led to
fundamental changes in social life and political relations, reduced
local resources, threatened village identity and transformed
political activity through the emergence of new political elites.
While the full implications of this process are still being played
out, this study underlines some of the fundamental processes
prevalent across eastern Europe that help explain widespread
ambiguity vis-B-vis post-socialist reform.
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