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From socialist to post-socialist cities: Narrating the nation through urban space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Alexander C. Diener  and
Joshua Hagen
Alexander C. Diener
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, Email: [email protected]
Joshua Hagen
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
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Abstract

The development of post-socialist cities has emerged as a major field of study among critical theorists from across the social sciences. Originally constructed under the dictates of central planners and designed to serve the demands of command economies, post-socialist urban centers currently develop at the nexus of varied and often competing economic, cultural, and political forces. Among these, nationalist aspirations, previously simmering beneath the official rhetoric of communist fraternity and veneer of architectural conformity, have emerged as dominant factors shaping the urban landscape. This article examines patterns, processes, and practices concerning the cultural politics of architecture, urban planning, and identity in the post-socialist city. In addition to assessing the main contours of this burgeoning field of research, this article highlights how this special issue of Nationalities Papers contributes to a broader understanding of contemporary cultural and political change in post-socialist urban settings.

Keywords

architectureCaucasusCentral AsiaEastern Europeidentitymemorymonumentsnationalismpost-socialismpost-SovietRussiaurban planningurban space
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Research Article
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 41 , Issue 4: Special Issue: From Socialist to Post-Socialist Cities Guest Editors: Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen , July 2013 , pp. 487 - 514
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