This volume examines societal change in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe CEE and Russia in a purposeful movement away from the generalized debated associated with transition theory and a simultaneous engagement with the complexities of everyday life throughout the region at the local level. In addition to addressing the problematic nature of a discursive eastwest divide TransNational Issues Local Concerns and Meanings of PostSocialism brings together a range of academics and practitioners working on specific locallysituated concerns including drug use HIVAIDS health identity and welfare as well as issues related to minority ethnic groups. While drawing attention to the salience of a common socialist past these empiricallyrich chapters highlight the importance of moving beyond simplistic eastwest analytical framework in order to acknowledge the multifaceted societal realties evident with the former socialist countries of CEE and Russia.