Urban inequality under socialism : case studies from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

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Urban inequality under socialism : case studies from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

David M. Smith

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Cambridge University Press, c1989

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Bibliography: p. 75-76

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A series of case studies focuses on inequality in living standards within the spatial form of the East European and Soviet city to confront a central paradox of socialism in practice - the existence of inequality under a system of government supposedly dedicated to egalitarianism.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • The author
  • 1. Socialism and the city
  • 2. Moscow: showpiece of Soviet socialism
  • 3. Residential segregation and social inequality: evidence from other Soviet cities
  • 4. Prague: the imposition of socialism
  • 5. Housing distribution: the experience of hungarian cities
  • 6. Warsaw: re-creation of socialism
  • 7. Urban inequality in Poland: evidence from other cities
  • 8. Summary and conclusions
  • Bibliography and sources.

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