 | Ethnographies of Grey Zones in Eastern Europe: Relations, Borders and Invisibilities Subjects: Post-communism -- Europe Eastern; Informal sector (Economics) -- Europe Eastern; Europe Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989-; Europe Eastern -- Social conditions -- 1989-; Europe Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Over the last two decades, Eastern Europe has experienced extensive changes in geo-political relocations and relations leading to everyday uncertainty. Attempts to establish liberal democracies, re-orientations from planned to market economics, and a desire to create 'new states' and internationally minded 'new citizens' has left some in poverty, unemployment and social insecurity, leading them to rely on normative coping and semi-autonomous strategies for security and social guarantees. This anthology explores how grey zones of governance, borders, relations and invisibilities affect contemporary Eastern Europe. Ida Harboe Knudsen is a Lecturer at the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark. Martin Demant Frederiksen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. |
