Post-Soviet Social: Neoliberalism, Social Modernity, Biopolitics

by Stephen J. Collier

Book Overview

The Soviet Union created a unique form of urban modernity, developing institutions of social provisioning for hundreds of millions of people in small and medium-sized industrial cities spread across a vast territory. After the collapse of socialism these institutions were profoundly shaken--casualties, in the eyes of many observers, of market-oriented reforms associated with neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus. In Post-Soviet Social,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691148317
• ISBN13: 9780691148311
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"