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ISBN 13: 9780585460741
Author: Chris M. Hann

Social scientists did not predict the collapse of the socialist system in 1989-91 and their attempts to explain postsocialism have not been comprehensive. Economic disintegration and political instability have been documented, but the deeper causes have often gone unnoticed. Consequently the solutions proffered, such as the promotion of non-governmental organisations as the foundations of ‘civil society’, have so far brought little success. Postsocialism presents, for the first time, the anthropological responses to these problems which are all grounded in intensive fieldwork. The authors demonstrate that even when local conditions are specific, the view ‘from below’ illuminates macro trends. A wide range of topics are discussed, including: *the role of social and cultural capital in determining the ‘winners’ of rural decollectivization *the devaluation of blue collar labour *the position of Gypsies *the viability of ‘multicultural’ models in situations of religious differences and ethnic violence *new patterns of consumption in China *the revival of rituals and the healing of socialist ‘trauma’. 

Postsocialism: Ideals, Ideologies, and Practices in Eurasia 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Postsocialism As a Topic of Anthropological Investigation
Farewell to the Socialist ‘Other’
Does the Category ‘Postsocialist’ Still Make Sense?
Whither Postsocialism?
Notes
References
Part I: Social Capital, Trust and Legitimacy
Chapter 2: The Advantages of Being Collectivized: Cooperative Farm Managers In the Postsocialist Economy
Domains and Relations In the Social World
Land Reform
Post-Collective Farms
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 3: Economic Crisis and Ritual Decline In Eastern Europe
Economy and Ritual
Politics and Ritual
Prospects
Notes
References
Chapter 4: The Social Production of Mistrust
Introduction: Transition, Consolidation, and Mistrust
The Past In the Present: Actualizing History Under Postsocialism
‘Reversible History’ and ‘Actual Boundaries’ In Rural Bulgaria
Unexpected Outcomes: New Social Agents In Rural Dobrudzha
New Owners
Arendatori
Akuli
Conclusions: Legacies from the Past and Today’s Mistrust
Notes
References
Part II: Dimensions of Inequality: Gender, Class and ‘Underclass’
Chapter 5: Retreat to the Household?: Gendered Domains In Postsocialist Poland
Introduction
Work Practices and Ambiguous Modernity
Domains of Work
Westernization and New Subjectivities
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 6: The Unmaking of an East-Central European Working Class
Blaming the Victim—Workers In East Europe’s Neocapitalism
The Ethnographic Basis of Neo-Capitalist Assumptions
Sub-Alternity Then and Now: The Disempowerment of Labor Under Socialism and Neo-Capitalism
Information and Contemporary Romanian Class Transformations
Symbolic Dimensions of Labor’s Decline
The Decline of Worker Social Networks and Physical Prowess
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 7: Deprivation, the Roma and ‘The Underclass’
Introduction
The History and Politics of ‘Underclass’ Ideas
‘Underclass’ and the ‘Culture of Poverty’
A Ladder, Not a Gorge
Racial Regimes, the State and the Definition of the ‘Excluded’
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Part III: Violent Histories and the Renewal of Identities
Chapter 8: Intolerant Sovereignties and ‘Multi-Multi’ Protectorates: Competition Over Religious Sites and (In)Tolerance In the Balkans
Negative and Positive Tolerance
Inconvenient Facts and Ethical Discomfort
Competition Over Religious Sites In the Balkans
Similar Phenomena Elsewhere
Multi-Multi Protectorates and the Denial of the Consent of the Governed
Democracy As a Lockean Project
Tolerance, Statehood and Dictatorships of Virtue
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 9: Withdrawing from the Land: Social and Spiritual Crisis In the Indigenous Russian Arctic
Introduction
Land and Migration
The Soul of Property
Violation
Existential Versus Historical Trauma
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Chapter 10: Remnants of Revolution In China
Introduction
What Failed, and How?
‘Freedom’ to Exploit
Territorially Defined Public Institutions
The Displacement of Collectivism On to Local Loyalties
Direct Criticism and Ironic Nostalgia
Networks of Congregations
Notes
References
Part IV: Stretching Postsocialism
Chapter 11: Rethinking Chinese Consumption: Social Palliatives and the Rhetorics of Transition In Postsocialist China
Introduction
Postsocialism In China
Consumption As a Social Palliative
Power and Legitimacy In Post-Mao China
Rethinking Chinese Consumption
Conclusion: China’s Rhetorics of Transition
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Chapter 12: How Far Do Analyses of Postsocialism Travel?: The Case of Central Asia
Introduction
Between Dependency and Postcoloniality
Collective Farms Compared
Shifting Entitlements: The View from Below
Pathways of Postsocialism In Central Asia
Conclusion: What Travels? Why and Why Not?
Notes
References
Chapter 13: ‘Eurasia’, Ideology and the Political Imagination In Provincial Russia
Introduction
Ideology, Subjectivity and the Political Imagination
‘Eurasia’ and the Asian Peoples of Russia
‘Eurasia’ In Political Context
Political Configuration: The Example of Kalmykia
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part V: Democracy Export and Global Civil Society
Chapter 14: Seeding Civil Society
Civil Society and Development Agendas
Non-Governmental Organizations: Exogenous Agendas and Professional Personnel
Case Studies
The Mahalla, Indigenization and Nationalism
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 15: Beyond Transition: Rethinking Elite Configurations In the Balkans
Introduction: A New Era
PPS and the New Elites
PPS Elites and Global Forces
Project Life In the Balkans
Project Society, Elites and the PPS State
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Chapter 16: Afterword: Globalism and Postsocialist Prospects
Introduction
Portable Civil Society
Vision and Method In the Anthropology of Postsocialism
Tracking Phase Two
Conclusion

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