Everyday tactics and spaces of power: The role of informal economies in post-Soviet Ukraine

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-185

  Round, John ^a   Williams, Colin C ^b   Rodgers, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping tactics; Economic marginalisation; Everyday life; Informal economies; Power; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CORRUPTION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INFORMAL SECTOR; MARGINALIZATION; PENSION SYSTEM; POST-COMMUNISM; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WAGE GAP;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 40749102815     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360701856110     Document Type: Article

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