Global Villages

Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria

224 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Dörfer, Landgemeinden / Landleben
• ISBN: 9781783083510
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2014
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Herausgegeben von: Ger Duijzings