Vanke, A. The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in everyday struggle. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. Vanke, A. The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in everyday struggle. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024.ISBN 978-1-5261-6763-7DOI нетPosted on site: 12.01.24 AbstractDespite 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. 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. The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia is centred on the stories of local communities engaged in the everyday struggles that occur in deindustrialising settings under neoliberal neo-authoritarianism. 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.Content (in russ)hide table of contentsshow table of contents Introduction Part I: Theoretical sketches 1. Synthesising a theory of urban life and everyday struggle Part II: Ways of life 2. Local atmospheres and imaginaries of industrial neighbourhoods 3. A gendered sense of place: intersectional inequalities in urban space 4. Moral value and signifiers of class 5. The social imaginary of Russian society: lay perceptions of inequality Part III: Ways of struggle 6. Open protests: formation of political consciousness 7. The everyday forms of resistance: formation of practical consciousness Epilogue Appendix