Beyond household economies: Articulations and spaces of economic pracice in postsocialism

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-213

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Stenning, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formal and informal economies; Geographies of practice; Household and diverse economies; Postsocialism; Survival and livelihood strategies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MARKET TRANSITION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 33646198026     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309132506ph601oa     Document Type: Article

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