Introduction: Ageing in Bulgaria
In this chapter, Iossifova offers a brief introduction to Bulgaria’s recent history and the political and socioeconomic transitions that have led to the main challenges facing the country today: a rapidly shrinking and ageing population due to the unprece
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Deljana Iossifova
Translocal Ageing in the Global East
Deljana Iossifova
Translocal Ageing in the Global East Bulgaria’s Abandoned Elderly
Deljana Iossifova Urban Studies University of Manchester Manchester, UK
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Acknowledgements
Many people have helped to develop this book over the past five or so years. First and foremost, my thanks are due to the older people in Bulgaria who agreed to share their time, life histories and everyday lives as participants in the research. Many thanks to the University of Manchester for the small grant that allowed me to do the project in the first place; the extraordinarily talented Elena Balabanska, who worked with me in the field; Alan Lewis, who provided helpful insights at the start of the project; Evgeny Bely and the devoted social workers who allowed me to be part of their communities for a short while; and the generous Ginka Hadjieva, who introduced me to many of the older people whose lives are the subject of this book. Thanks to colleagues at the Antwerp Urban Studies Institute and Stijn Oosterlynck, in particular, for stimulating conversations during the early stages of research. My special thanks are due to the inspirational Clara Greed, Anna Plyushteva and Tim Schwanen who read the full manuscript and offered very helpful critical feedback and advice. The exceptionally brilliant Qi Liu and Yahya Gamal provided comments that helped me see the forest for the trees. Thanks also to the
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