Domesticating Neo-liberalism: Spaces of Economic Practice and Social Reproduction in Post-socialist Cities

by Alison Stenning (University of Newcastle, UK ); Adrian Smith (Queen Mary, University of London, UK ); Alena Rochovská; (Queen Mary, University of London, UK ); Dariusz Ś; wią; tek (University of Newcastle, UK )

• ISBN13: 9781444325416
• ISBN10: 1444325418
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. The book develops a conceptualization of these processes that is grounded in the diversity of everyday economic practices and in the ways that the economies of neo-liberalism are 'domesticated'. Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, it explores how households attempt to create the circumstances for their social reproduction at times when labour markets and job prospects are being transformed and social relationships are rapidly changing. It investigates how households not only attempt to make these wider political-economic changes more tolerable but how, in doing so, they also establish some of the conditions for the re-making of neo-liberalization.

Table of Contents

List of Plates, Figures and Tables

Series Editor's Preface

Preface and Acknowledgements

Domesticating Neo-Liberalism and the Spaces of Post-Socialism

Neo-Liberalism and Post-Socialist Transformations

Domesticating Economies: Diverse Economic Practices, Households and Social Reproduction

Work: Employment, Unemployment and the Negotiation of Labour Markets

Housing: Markets, Assets and Social Reproduction

Land and Food: Production, Consumption and Leisure

Care: Family, Social Networks and the State

Conclusion

Bibliography

Summary Information on Interviewed Households

Semi-Structured Interviews with Key Informants

Index

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