The socialist past and postsocialist urban identity in Central and Eastern Europe: The case of Łódź, Poland

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-70

  Young, Craig ^a   Kaczmarek, Sylvia ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

d ; Poland; Postsocialism; Socialist past; Urban identity

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; REGIONALIZATION; SOCIALISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LODZ [POLAND]; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 37249068546     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407081275     Document Type: Article

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