Domesticating Neo-Liberalism: Spaces of Economic Practice and Social Reproduction in Post-Socialist Cities

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Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a vast amount of new research data Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement Content: Chapter One Domesticating Neo?Liberalism and the Spaces of Post?Socialism (pages 1–32): Chapter Two Neo?Liberalism and Post?Socialist Transformations (pages 33–57): Chapter Three Domesticating Economies: Diverse Economic Practices, Households and Social Reproduction (pages 58–80): Chapter Four Work: Employment, Unemployment and the Negotiation of Labour Markets (pages 81–111): Chapter Five Housing: Markets, Assets and Social Reproduction (pages 112–143): Chapter Six Land and Food: Production, Consumption and Leisure (pages 144–174): Chapter Seven Care: Family, Social Networks and the State (pages 175–218): Chapter Eight Conclusions (pages 219–237):