Coping with the social costs of 'transition': Everyday life in post-soviet russia and Ukraine

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Round, John ^a   Williams, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping tactics; Economic marginalization; Russia; Transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EMPLOYMENT; MARGINALIZATION; MARKET TRANSITION; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 77953756045     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776409356158     Document Type: Article

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