Yuson Jung 
Balkan Blues [PDF ebook] 
Consumer Politics after State Socialism

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Balkan Blues explores how a state transitions from the collectivized production and distribution of socialism to the consumer-focused culture of capitalism. Yuson Jung considers the state as an economic agent in upholding rights and responsibilities in the shift to a global market. Taking Bulgaria as her focus, Jung shows how impoverished Bulgarians developed a consumer-oriented society and how the concept of ‘need’ adapted in surprising ways to accommodate this new culture.

Different legal frameworks arose to ensure the rights of vulnerable or deceived consumers. Consumer advocacy NGOs and government officers scrambled to navigate unfamiliar EU-imposed models for consumer affairs departments. All of these changes involved issues of responsibility, accountability, and civic engagement, which brought Bulgarians new ways of viewing both their identities and their sense of agency. Yet these opportunities also raised questions of inequality, injustice, and social stratification. Jung’s study provides a compelling argument for reconsidering of the role of the state in the construction of 21st-century consumer cultures.

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Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Introduction

1. Mente: Consumer Grievances

2. ‘Needs, ‘ Rights, and Protection

3. Consumer Activism?

4. Consumption as Civic Engagement

5. Consumer Politics after State Socialism

Epilogue: ‘Enough is Enough.’—The Moral Commitment of the State

Appendix. Notes on Fieldwork: An East Asian Ethnographer in Eastern Europe

Bibliography

Index

Sobre el autor


Yuson Jung is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University. She is editor with Jakob Klein and Melissa Caldwell of Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 212 ● ISBN 9780253036742 ● Tamaño de archivo 8.3 MB ● Editorial Indiana University Press ● Ciudad Bloomington ● País US ● Publicado 2019 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 6880039 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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