Global crisis and economic alternatives in Central and Eastern Europe

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Global crisis and economic alternatives in Central and Eastern Europe

Original language description

Global crisis and economic alternatives in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years, Central and Eastern European economies are undergoing a host of challenges connected to their semi-peripheral position in global capitalism. Rising cost of living and inequality, partial reindustrialization, and heightened geo-political tensions only exacerbate long-term contradictions of the post-socialist economic model based on subordinate integration in global value chains and increasingly authoritarian models of its political management (Gagyi, 2021). At the same time, recent years have seen a reappraisal of various forms of alternative economic practices and institutions in the region - including food self-provisioning, DIY practices, forms of cooperativism both traditional and new and other forms of what has elsewhere been conceptualized as a solidarity economy (Miller, 2010). Rather than being seen as signs of lagging behind in efforts to catch-up with the countries of the capitalist core, they are suddenly re-evaluated as potential sources of resilience in the escalating global crisis, or even starting points for emancipatory socio-ecological transformations (Cima & Sovová, 2022, Pungas et al., 2024). What are the ways such practices and institutions could proliferate beyond their current marginality in the overall pattern of social reproduction and expand into more comprehensive alternative economic pathways? How will the changing forms of the region’s integration in global processes shape the opportunities and limits to such transformations? How could actors beyond solidarity economy initiatives - such as trade unions, social movements and electoral parties - collaborate to intervene in these conditions? And what is the role of research in informing such strategies for socio-ecological resilience? In this workshop we will explore various strategies for the scaling of economic alternatives in the context of current capitalist transformations in semi-peripheral Central and Eastern Europe. The aim of the seminar will be to better understand the region’s position in today’s global crisis, and identify openings for building economic alternatives in the CEE region.

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Type

W - Workshop organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Prague

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

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Total number of attendees

22

Foreign attendee count

2

Type of event by attendee nationality

EUR - Evropská akce