The unmaking of Soviet life : everyday economies after socialism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Humphrey, Caroline
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Series:	Culture and society after socialism.
Subjects:	Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions > 1991- Post-communism > Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) > Social conditions > 1991- Mongolia > Economic conditions. Post-communism > Mongolia. Mongolia > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

The politics of locality in an unstable state
"Icebergs," barter, and the mafia in provincial Russia
Mythmaking, narratives, and the dispossessed in Russia
Creating a culture of disillusionment : consumption in Moscow, a chronicle of changing times
Strategies beyond the law
Traders, "disorder," and citizenship regimes in provincial Russia
Russian protection rackets and the appropriation of law and order
Rethinking bribery in contemporary Russia
Rethinking personhood
Avgai Khad : theft and social trust in postcommunist Mongolia
The domestic mode of production in Post-Soviet Siberia? The villas of the "new Russians" : a sketch of consumption and cultural identity in Post-Soviet landscapes
Shamans in the city.