The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia

<p>Despite the intense processes of deindustrialisation around the world the working class continues to play an important role in post-industrial societies. However working-class people are often stigmatised morally judged and depicted negatively in dominant discourses. <br><br>This book challenges stereotypical representations of workers building on research into the everyday worlds of working-class and ordinary people in Russia's post-industrial cities. <i>The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia </i>is centred on the stories of local communities engaged in the everyday struggles that occur in deindustrialising settings under neoliberal neo-authoritarianism. <br><br>The book suggests a novel approach to everyday life in post-industrial cities. Drawing on an ethnographic study with elements of arts-based research the book presents a new genre of writing about workers influenced by the avant-garde documentary tradition and working-class literature.</p>