Stuck in the suburbs? Gendered perspectives on living at the edge of the post-communist city

Cities

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 340-354

  Hirt, Sonia A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Gender; post communism; post communist city; Sofia; suburbanization

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LIVING STANDARD; POST-COMMUNISM; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOFIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56449100652     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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