{"product_id":"global-villages-rural-and-urban-transformations-in-contemporary-bulgaria-anthem-series-on-russian-east-european-and-eurasian-studies-9780857280732","title":"Global Villages Rural and Urban Transformations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria’ aims to broaden the study of globalization from urban to rural contexts, exploring its effects through case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I would recommend this book to anyone researching within the fields of post-socialism, neoliberal restructuring, rural and urban transformations […] [T]he diversity of research contexts offers a broad spectrum of recent research that does justice to the complex and complementary roles that rural and urban localities play in our current global climate.’ —Aneliya Kuzmanova, ‘Martor – The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration; Chapter 1: Introduction – Ger Duijzings; Chapter 2: Rural–Urban Relations in a Global Age – Deema Kaneff; Chapter 3: Every Village, a Different Story: Tracking Rural Diversity in Bulgaria – Gerald W. Creed; Chapter 4: Smugglers into Millionaires: Marginality and Shifting Cultural Hierarchies in a Bulgarian Border Town – Galia Valtchinova; Chapter 5: Rural Decline as the Epilogue to Communist Modernization: The Case of a Socialist ‘Model’ Village – Lenka Nahodilova; Chapter 6: No Wealth without Networks and Personal Trust: New Capitalist Agrarian Entrepreneurs in the Dobrudzha – Christian Giordano and Dobrinka Kostova; Chapter 7: Inheritance after Restitution: Modern Legislative Norms and Customary Practices in Rural Bulgaria – Petko Hristov; Chapter 8: Rural, Urban and Rurban: Everyday Perceptions and Practices – Daniela Koleva; Chapter 9: The Koprivshtitsa Festival: From National Icon to Globalized Village Event – Liz Mellish; Chapter 10: Fashioning Markets: Brand Geographies in Bulgaria – Ulrich Ermann; Chapter 11: Greek (Ad)ventures in Sofia: Economic Elite Mobility and New Cultural Hierarchies at the Margins of Europe – Aliki Angelidou and Dimitra Kofti; List of Contributors \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038890656087,"sku":"9780857280732","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857280732.jpg?v=1750941822","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-villages-rural-and-urban-transformations-in-contemporary-bulgaria-anthem-series-on-russian-east-european-and-eurasian-studies-9780857280732","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}