{"product_id":"9783031655586","title":"Sociology and Post-Socialist Transformations in Eastern Europe A Cultural Political Economy Approach","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSociology and Post-Socialist Transformations in Eastern Europe\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Cultural Political Economy Approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBorut Roncevic | Tamara Besednjak Valič\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume offers a unique and comprehensive reflection on the role of sociology and sociologists in the transformation of post-socialist Eastern European societies. It provides detailed insight on the status of sociology in Eastern Europe, its institutional development, specifics of national sociological traditions, the controversial and ambiguous relationship with the political system and, importantly, state-of-the-art knowledge about the role of sociology as a discipline and sociologists as academics, educators, public intellectuals, experts, politicians, or civil society activists in three decades of transformation. The volume follows a cultural political economy approach and provides a series of national case studies that analyse the role of sociology in re-imagining Eastern European societies. This topical volume is of interest to a wide, interdisciplinary readership in the social sciences, especially students and researchers working on Eastern Europe and on post-socialist societies.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorut Rončević \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and the Faculty of Information Studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, and senior research fellow at Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre of Novo mesto, Slovenia. His main research interests are sociological theory, post-socialist transformations, regional innovation systems and information society. He is a fellow of the Regional Studies Association and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association. He was Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Troy University (United States), Marie Curie fellow at Aalborg University (Denmark), and has held the Jean Monnet Chair on the topic of Cultural Political Economy of Europe 2020 (2016-2019), and was the head of Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence on the topics of “Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development” (2017-2020) and “Strategic Observatory of Europe 2030” (2019-2022). He has been a visiting scholar at universities and institutes in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Ireland, Lebanon and Croatia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTamara Besednjak Valič\u003c\/strong\u003e Is Associate Professor of Sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and the Faculty of Information Studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, and senior scientific associate at Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre of Novo mesto, Slovenia. Her main research interest are post-socialist transformations in context with development of regional innovation systems. She is a National association representative of Slovenia with ISA. She was a board member of Junior Sociologists Network of ISA. She has been a visiting scholar at universities and institutes in the United States, Italy, Finland and Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 November 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031655586\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e467\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51033089736844,"sku":"9783031655586","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031655586.jpg?v=1782487511","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031655586","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}