My new book The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in everyday struggle was released by Manchester University Press on 9 January 2024. Please find its description below.
Despite the intense processes of deindustrialisation around the world, the working class continues to play an important role in post-industrial societies. However, working-class people are often stigmatised, morally judged and depicted negatively in dominant discourses.
This book challenges stereotypical representations of workers, building on research into the everyday worlds of working-class and ordinary people in Russia’s post-industrial cities. The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia is centred on the stories of local communities engaged in the everyday struggles that occur in deindustrialising settings under neoliberal neo-authoritarianism.
The book suggests a novel approach to everyday life in post-industrial cities. Drawing on an ethnographic study with elements of arts-based research, the book presents a new genre of writing about workers influenced by the avant-garde documentary tradition and working-class literature.
You can order The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia or recommend it to your University library at the website of Manchester University Press by clicking this link.
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Listen to the episode of the New Book Networks about The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia.
Read recent book reviews:
- The Russian Review by Claudio Morrison
- International Sociology by Christopher Altamura
- CEU Review of Books by Viktoria Kobzeva
- Doing Sociology by Arpita Rachel Abraham
- Network magazine by Mitja Stefancic
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