1.
Živković, Predrag
Ideological ornamentation of postmodern geography. The case of Zagreb and Podgorica Journal Article
In: Annales. Series Historia et Sociologia, vol. 28, iss. 2, pp. 399-414, 2018.
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Relying on comparative sociological research of transition transformations of the capitals of Croatia and Montenegro (Zagreb and Podgorica), the paper recognizes their stages of development from the socialist to the neoliberal city from the standpoint of thanatopolitics. The paper discusses the thanatosociological inequalities that appear in the neoliberal city, as well as the awakening of cargo cults in post-socialist societies. Based on these research findings, we arrive at the phenomenon of chronocide as a key determinant of post-socialist societies.
2.
Bartha, Eszter
Transforming Labour: From the Workers’ State to the Post-Socialist Re-Organization of Industry and Workplace Communities: Carl Zeiss Jena (East Germany) and Rába in Győr (Hungary) Journal Article
In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, vol. 58, iss. 2, pp. 413-438, 2017.
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3.
Živković, Predrag
Antropološka misao rizičnog društva [The Anthropological thought of a risky society] Book Chapter
In: Slobodan Vukićević, (Ed.): »Постсоциализм (Черногория-Россия 1990-2015)« Москва: МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова Социологический факультет / Институт социологии и психологии Филозофский факультет Черногории, pp. 333-376, 2016.
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4.
Bartha, Eszter
Alienating Labour: Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary. Book
2013.
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5.
Ćeranić, Goran
Sociological analysis of property transformation in Montenegro (1989–2000) Journal Article
In: Sociološka luča, vol. I, iss. 1, pp. 110-119, 2007.
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2018
Živković, Predrag
Ideological ornamentation of postmodern geography. The case of Zagreb and Podgorica Journal Article
In: Annales. Series Historia et Sociologia, vol. 28, iss. 2, pp. 399-414, 2018.
Abstract | Tags: central and eastern europe, post-socialism, sociology, urbanity
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year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
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volume = {28},
issue = {2},
pages = {399-414},
abstract = {Relying on comparative sociological research of transition transformations of the capitals of Croatia and Montenegro (Zagreb and Podgorica), the paper recognizes their stages of development from the socialist to the neoliberal city from the standpoint of thanatopolitics. The paper discusses the thanatosociological inequalities that appear in the neoliberal city, as well as the awakening of cargo cults in post-socialist societies. Based on these research findings, we arrive at the phenomenon of chronocide as a key determinant of post-socialist societies.
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2017
Bartha, Eszter
Transforming Labour: From the Workers’ State to the Post-Socialist Re-Organization of Industry and Workplace Communities: Carl Zeiss Jena (East Germany) and Rába in Győr (Hungary) Journal Article
In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, vol. 58, iss. 2, pp. 413-438, 2017.
Abstract | Tags: germany, hungary, neoliberalism, post-socialism, symbolic capital, working class
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2016
Živković, Predrag
Antropološka misao rizičnog društva [The Anthropological thought of a risky society] Book Chapter
In: Slobodan Vukićević, (Ed.): »Постсоциализм (Черногория-Россия 1990-2015)« Москва: МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова Социологический факультет / Институт социологии и психологии Филозофский факультет Черногории, pp. 333-376, 2016.
Abstract | Tags: central and eastern europe, contemporary, neoliberalism, post-socialism
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2013
Bartha, Eszter
Alienating Labour: Workers on the Road from Socialism to Capitalism in East Germany and Hungary. Book
2013.
Abstract | Tags: 20th century, capitalism, economic and social policy, german democratic republic, germany, hungary, post-socialism, socialism, working class
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2007
Ćeranić, Goran
Sociological analysis of property transformation in Montenegro (1989–2000) Journal Article
In: Sociološka luča, vol. I, iss. 1, pp. 110-119, 2007.
Abstract | Tags: 20th century, central and eastern europe, montenegro, post-socialism, property relations, sociology
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