{"product_id":"socialist-and-post-socialist-urbanisms-critical-reflections-from-a-global-perspective-paperback-softback-9781442632530","title":"Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms; Critical Reflections from a Global Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442632530","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Reflections from a Global Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa B W. Drummond (Author), Douglas Young (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442632530\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 34 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 14 b\u0026amp;w maps, 2 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What this volume does at its best is break the unifying banner of socialist modernity by uncovering how socialist and post-socialist modes of dwelling, planning, and governing unfold through everyday experiences, where \"deeply rooted codes rather than formal rules\" prevail. And it is exactly that balance between the global reach and at the same time local stories that one should be eager to discover when starting this exciting journey into socialist and post-socialist urbanisms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Vera Smirnova (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Eurasian Geography and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Socialist urban legacies are an integral and vital part of the modern world, without which it would look different. Furthermore, these legacies are still in effect and reveal their traces in various spheres, sometimes the most unexpected ones. The authors\u0026amp;#x2019; efforts to analyse those influences \u0026amp;#x2018;from around the socialist world\u0026amp;#x2019; (p. 3) is thus meaningful, timely, and promising.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Mikhail Ilchenko (\u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"This book contributes original research on socialist and post-socialist urbanisms, which is necessary for anyone who strives to understand how past decisions still and very much influence present production of space and of spatial imaginations, within either a socialist or post-socialist context.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Babes-Bolyai University (\u003cem\u003eConnections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocialist cities have special qualities which endure in particular, subtle, and often under-theorized ways. This book engages with socialism on a global scale, as well as the variety of socialist urbanisms and post-socialist urbanisms, and the range of ways in which globalization intersects with changes in socialist and post-socialist cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering a unique international comparative focus, the book\u0026amp;#x2019;s fourteen case studies from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa are grouped under three main themes: housing experiences and life trajectories, planning and architecture, and governance and social order. Featuring contributors from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and research foci, \u003ci\u003eSocialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a collection of essays on cities that are often overlooked in mainstream urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms\u003cbr\u003eLisa B. Welch Drummond and Douglas Young \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1: Housing Experiences and Life Trajectories \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. From Socialist Moderns to Urban Poor: Gender and the Housing Question in Post-Reform Vinh City \u003cbr\u003eChristina Schwenkel \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From ABC to Post-Industrial Suburb: Living in a Vision\u003cbr\u003eBo Larsson (Translated from Swedish by Aidan Allen)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Rise and Fall of Collective Housing: Hanoi between Vision and Decision\u003cbr\u003eLisa B. Welch Drummond and Nguyen Thanh Binh \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Wrestling with the Soviet State: A Life History of Housing in Leningrad\u003cbr\u003eThomas Borén and Michael Gentile\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2: Planning and Architecture: Designing Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Only Visions: The Case of South City, Prague\u003cbr\u003eSteven Logan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Phnom Penh During and after Socialism: Permanence and Reshaping of the Urban Centrality\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Fauveaud \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Planning for \"Renaissance\": Vanguard Urbanism in Addis Ababa\u003cbr\u003eJesse McClelland \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Recuperate, Recycle, Reuse: Adaptive Solutions for the Socialist Architecture of Bucharest\u003cbr\u003eLaura Visan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Paradox of Preserving Modernism: Heritage Debates at Alexanderplatz, Berlin\u003cbr\u003eMarkus Kip and Douglas Young\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3: Governance and Social Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. China\u0026amp;#x2019;s \"New\" Socialist City: From Red Aesthetics to Standard Urban Governance\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Cartier \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Property Relations and the Politics of the Suburban Living Place in the Post-Communist City: Transition Stories from Tirana, Albania\u003cbr\u003eMarcela Mele and Andrew E.G. Jonas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Urban Natures in Managua, Nicaragua\u003cbr\u003eLaura Shillington \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Reshaping of Post-Socialist Hồ Chí Minh City: Leisure Practices and Social Control\u003cbr\u003eMarie Gibert and Emmanuelle Peyvel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Mapping Khujand: The Governance of Spatial Representation in Post-Socialist Tajikistan\u003cbr\u003eWladimir Sgibnev\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Young and Lisa B. Welch Drummond\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588178571544,"sku":"9781442632530","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/socialist-and-post-socialist-urbanisms-critical-reflections-from-a-global-perspective-paperback-softback-9781442632530","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}