Everyday Post-Socialism: Working-Class Communities in the Russian Margins - 9781349957248

This book offers a rich ethnographic account of blue-collar workersÆ everyday life in a central Russian industrial town coping with simultaneous decline and the arrival of transnational corporations. Everyday Post-Socialism demonstrates how people manage to remain satisfied, despite the crisis and relative poverty they faced after the fall of socialist projects and the social trends associated with neoliberal transformation. Morris shows the æother lifeÆ in todayÆs Russia which is not present in mainstream academic discourse or even in the media in Russia itself. This book offers co-presence and a direct understanding of how the local community lives a life which is not only bearable, but also preferable and attractive when framed in the categories of æhabitabilityÆ, commitment and engagement, and seen in the light of alternative ideas of worth and specific values. Topics covered include working-class identity, informal economy, gender relations and transnational corporations.

• | Author: Jeremy Morris
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1349957240
• | ISBN-13: 9781349957248