This ebook devotes itself to the issue of 'Surviving Post-Socialism', with a particular geographical focus on countries located in the former Soviet Union (FSU) and in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This ebook seeks to contribute to the existing body of literature on surviving post-socialism in general and in particular, across all the papers included, pays particular attention to the role of informal economic relations and practices, as fundamental parts of wider economic relations across the FSU and CEE regions. Whilst the papers included demonstrate the richness of empirical data, which can be generated, they also demonstrate how authors, located in different academic traditions – sociology, political economy and anthropology – can clearly contribute to debates regarding the role of informal economic relations in a number of theoretical and conceptual ways.