Domesticating neo-liberalism: Everyday lives and the geographies of post-socialist transformations

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1163-1178

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Rochovská, Alena ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic practices; Everyday life; Household livelihoods; Neo liberalism; Post socialism; Slovak Republic

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FOOD PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIALISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 34848853892     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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