Abstract
This paper brings together two streams of literature which rarely enter into conversation: diverse economies scholarship and critical readings of postsocialism. Mobilising the cases of food self-provisioning (FSP) in Czechia and agricultural cooperatives in Kyrgyzstan as an empirical basis for our reflections, we pursue a two-fold aim. Firstly, we call for attention to the postsocialist East as fertile ground for the study of diverse economies. Secondly, we offer a postcapitalist reading of postsocialism as embedded and emancipated theorising, arguing that diverse economies thinking can support novel representations of this geopolitical area and open space to appreciate economic diversity on the ground.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1369-1390 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | Dec 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- diverse economies
- East
- ontological reframing
- postcapitalism
- postcolonialism
- postsocialism
- transition economies