Trans-National Issues, Local Concerns and Meanings of Post-Socialism

Moya Flynn holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham and is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Central and East European Studies and the University of Glasgow. Rebecca Kay holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bradford and is Professor of Russian Gender Studies at the University of Glasgow. Jonathan D. Oldfield holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham and is Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

• Chapter 1 List of FiguresChapter 2 List of TablesChapter 3 Preface and AcknowledgementsChapter 4 1 Trans-National Approaches to Locally Situated Concerns: Exploring the Meanings of Post-Socialist SpaceChapter 5 2 "For us it is normal": Exploring the "Recreational" Use of Heroin in Russian Youth Cultural PracticeChapter 6 3 "You can tell by the way the talk": Analyzing the Language Young People in Russia Use to Talk About DrugsChapter 7 4 Mobilizing Youth for Health: Politics and peer Education in Post-Soviet RussiaChapter 8 5 HIV/ AIDS in Russia: Local and Global PerspectivesChapter 9 6 Men in Crisis or in Critical Need of Support? Insights from Russia and the UKChapter 10 7 The Importance of Place in Everyday Life Post-Soviet RussiaChapter 11 8 Trans-National Aid for Civil Society Development in Post-Socialist Europe: Democratic Consolidation or a New Imperialism?Chapter 12 9 Implementing National Romani Policy at the Local Level: Experiences of the Preparatory Class Programme in Two Czech CitiesChapter 13 10 Ethnic German Community in a Russian City: The Local, the Global and Identity FormationChapter 14 11 Ethnicity and Civil Society after Socialism: The Politics of Representation among Greek Communities in Southern RussiaChapter 15 BibliographyChapter 16 IndexChapter 17 About the Contributors

This important book, based on an ESRC seminar series bringing together academics, policymakers and practitioners from the UK, central and eastern Europe, and Russia, is essential reading for anyone interested in the realities of everyday life at the local level in the countries concerned, and how they compare one with another.