{"product_id":"iron-curtains-9781444338263","title":"Iron Curtains","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIron Curtains\u003c\/i\u003e has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard University''s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, \u003ci\u003eIron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City\u003c\/i\u003e explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast Europe\u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations and Tables\u003c\/i\u003e viii  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface\u003c\/i\u003e xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Public, Private, Privatism 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Post-socialist City 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Post-modern Urbanism Revisited 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sofia: Wither the Socialist City 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Ninth Ring: Suburbanizing Sofia 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Iron Curtains I: Gated Homes 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Iron Curtains II: Gated Complexes 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Architecture of Disunity 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Possibilities 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e 220\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408392298839,"sku":"9781444338263","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444338263.jpg?v=1730502734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iron-curtains-9781444338263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}