Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria (Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783083514 ISBN 13: 9781783083510

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book explores the multiple effects of globalization on urban and rural communities, providing anthropological case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria. As globalization has been studied largely in urban contexts, the aim of this volume is to shift attention to the under-examined countryside and analyse how transnational links are transforming relations between cities, towns and villages. The volume also challenges undifferentiated notions of ‘the countryside’, calling for an awareness of rural economic and social disparities which are often only associated with urban environments. The work focuses on how the ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ have been reconfigured following the end of socialism and the advent of globalization, in socioeconomic, as well as political, ideological and cultural terms.

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About the Author

Ger Duijzings is reader in the anthropology of Eastern Europe at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783083514
• ISBN 13: 9781783083510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Duijzings Ger