... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Housing Urban development Cultural sociology Social change Post-socialism Social values The public vs private sphere/space [1] dichotomy is a prominent topic in contemporary post-Soviet studies. Several theorists have equated this dichotomy...

... the central mosque where believers are expected to gather on Fridays [2] . This already hints at the importance of rhythms: places are being charged with public space qualities, rather than having them vested in them ab initio. Cities Post-socialism Rhythmanalysis Central Asia Social...

... ; Shelley et al., 2007), the new political establishment brought about by the Rose Revolution pledged to change things. Public policy Urban development Social exclusion Youth Post-socialism In summer 2014, I spent few weeks in Tbilisi for my PhD on Georgian hospitality. My previous...

... a business. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Kyrgyzstan Human rights Poverty Social responsibility Post‐socialism Transition economies Urban development Ethics Property This paper aims to explain how poor and propertyless groups struggle for basic necessities through land...

..., which are viewed through the prism of cross‐border economies. Originality/value This is one of the first papers to consider how the diverse economies of post‐socialism are (re)performed in the communities in which they have become embedded. Rather than seeking to theorise or quantify cross‐border...

... in its ethnographic approach to informal economies under post‐socialism and the substantivist evaluation of diverse economic practices in Russia as supported by formal work‐based shared identities. The field site encompassed an administrative district (rayon) containing two small towns (populations...