Green barons, force-of-circumstance entrepreneurs, impotent mayors
| Titel: | Green barons, force-of-circumstance entrepreneurs, impotent mayors : rural change in the early years of post-socialist capitalist democracy / Nigel Swain |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Budapest [u.a.] : Central European Univ. Press, 2013 |
| Umfang: | X, 390 S. : Kt. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 6155225702 ; 9786155225703 |
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X
- List of Tables and Maps
- p. xi
- Preface
- p. xiii
- Introduction
- p. 1
- 1
- Politics, Policies and Legal Measures
- p. 19
- The National Politics of Early Post-Socialism
- p. 21
- Poland
- p. 21
- Hungary
- p. 24
- Czechoslovakia and the Czech and Slovak Republics
- p. 27
- Bulgaria
- p. 30
- Romania
- p. 32
- Privatisation and Restitution Policies
- p. 36
- Czechoslovakia and the Czech and Slovak Republics
- p. 36
- Hungary
- p. 39
- Poland
- p. 41
- Romania
- p. 42
- Bulgaria
- p. 43
- Co-Operative Restructuring
- p. 43
- Co-operative transformation legislation
- p. 44
- Legacies of collectivisation and their consequences
- p. 50
- Creating a Local Democratic Politics
- p. 55
- Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
- p. 55
- Slovakia
- p. 57
- Hungary
- p. 58
- Poland
- p. 60
- Romania
- p. 63
- Bulgaria
- p. 64
- The Research Moment
- p. 67
- 2
- Common General Findings
- p. 71
- The Restructuring of Agriculture
- p. 71
- Green barons and others
- p. 72
- Rural structure in the mid-1990s
- p. 85
- The Non-Farm Economy
- p. 88
- Local Government
- p. 98
- Inexperience
- p. 99
- Impotence
- p. 102
- Rural Communities and Civil Society
- p. 104
- 3
- Bulgaria
- p. 113
- Contested Co-Operative Liquidation
- p. 114
- Co-operative livestock farming saved-Pripek
- p. 114
- Livestock destroyed, a belated successor co-operative and 'elastic' land-Dragana
- p. 118
- Co-operative livestock retained against the odds-Slivka
- p. 123
- A successful co-operative on a reduced scale-Kupen
- p. 125
- Continuity but post-socialist loss of livestock-Breze
- p. 126
- A spectrum of 'red', 'blue' and family-Venets
- p. 127
- Problems of a private farmer-Breze
- p. 133
- Local Authorities-Coping with Post-Sociaust Recession
- p. 134
- A commune centre mayor's socialist paternalism-Kupen
- p. 134
- Salvaging agriculture and its services-kmetstvo villages
- p. 137
- The Destruction of Socialist Mountain Communities-Blagun and Chala
- p. 140
- The Non-Farm Economy-New Businesses and a Cushion for Local Employment
- p. 146
- Bulgarian Specificities in Summary
- p. 150
- 4
- Czech Republic
- p. 153
- Agricultural Transformations-Uncontested, Acrimonious and Scandalous
- p. 154
- Uncontested transformation-Rodáky, Nezávislice, Lesovice, Bárov-Chuzovany
- p. 155
- A scandalous transformation-Výletnice
- p. 157
- An acrimonious transformation-Tvrz nad Rekou
- p. 159
- Contested Transformation in Agriculture and Protracted Non-Farm Privatisation-Mestysov
- p. 161
- Non-Farm Transformations-Protracted and Serendipitous
- p. 165
- A glass works, a sawmill and the House of Culture-Nová Hut'
- p. 165
- Serendipitous restitutions and a late-socialist innovation-Lesovice
- p. 169
- Independent But at a Loss-Contrasting Village Development Strategies
- p. 171
- A newly independent commuter village-Nezávislice
- p. 171
- A fuzzy public-private divide-Lesovice
- p. 174
- A successful business strategy and business vs ecology lobbies-Rodáky
- p. 176
- Traditional rural tourism-Výletnice
- p. 178
- Contrasts in Optimism and Envy-Bárov and Chozovany
- p. 179
- Czech Specificities in Summary
- p. 191
- 5
- Hungary
- p. 195
- Agricultural Transformation-Bankruptcy, Subterfuge and Paths to Private Farming
- p. 196
- Contrived bankruptcy-Korcona
- p. 196
- 'Second economy' to private farming-Szálfa
- p. 200
- Voluntary liquidation and two successful successors-Pakucs
- p. 201
- Bankruptcy and subterfuge-Tabar
- p. 205
- A modus vivendi between co-operative and private-Károlyháza
- p. 207
- A Smallholders' policy that failed-Dombház
- p. 209
- Co-operative continuity-Szálfa
- p. 213
- The Non-Farm Economy
- p. 215
- Small family businesses-contrasting fates in Pakucs and Tabar
- p. 215
- Larger-scale new business success-Károlyháza and Zádorpuszta
- p. 218
- 'Socialist personal services gap' family businesses-Korcona
- p. 222
- Local Government and Local Development Policy
- p. 226
- Independence, control of schooling and promoting tourism unsuccessfully-Kissikonda
- p. 226
- Ambivalent links with private business-Károlyháza and Kissikonda
- p. 229
- The emergence of a business block-Székhely, Korcona, Tabar, Zádorpuszta
- p. 232
- Hungarian Specificities in Summary
- p. 237
- 6
- Poland
- p. 241
- Agricultural Transformation-State Farm Privatisations and Specialists
- p. 243
- From manager to owner-Zalew and Lusowo
- p. 243
- Other privatisations-Glaz, Bawelna, Zamek
- p. 246
- From socialist specialist to commercial farmer-Zamek and Bawcina
- p. 250
- Local Authorities and Regime Change
- p. 252
- From a clerical to a commercial regime-Bawelna
- p. 252
- Clerical influence and intrusion-Pola, Bory and Cukier
- p. 254
- Continuities, innovations and the PSL-Glaz, Pola, Kanal
- p. 256
- 'Teachers', 'farmers' and rural tourism-Bory
- p. 261
- The Non-Farm Economy
- p. 264
- Solidarity-influenced privatisation-Cukier
- p. 264
- Insiders and outsiders in the face of disappearing socialist certainties-Kanal
- p. 265
- An old new business hostile to the socialist mayor-Glaz
- p. 268
- The Peculiarities of a Non-EU Border Community-Sedno
- p. 269
- State farm privatisation-with a little help from the border
- p. 270
- Town and village councils and the border tax
- p. 274
- Other border benefits
- p. 274
- Polish Specificities in Summary
- p. 276
- 7
- Romania
- p. 279
- Agricultural Transformation
- p. 281
- Smooth progression from co-operative to association-Lipova and Purani
- p. 281
- A failed association-Colibasi
- p. 286
- Pre-socialist landholding vs machinery-Horia, Lipova and Mägura
- p. 289
- Agromec as farmer-Mägura
- p. 294
- A large-scale private farmer-Remetea
- p. 296
- The Non-Farm Economy-Modest Developments
- p. 300
- Extreme Impotence at the Local Level
- p. 305
- The Catholic priest and the doctor-Plopeni
- p. 305
- The Reform Church pastor and political patronage-Mica
- p. 307
- A vibrant community culture under threat-Mägura
- p. 311
- Patronage, incompetence and despair-Bunesti, Colibasi and Horia
- p. 314
- Romanian Specificities in Summary
- p. 317
- 8
- Slovakia
- p. 321
- Agricultural Transformation-Variations on the Theme of Continuity
- p. 323
- Co-operative demergers-Hora, Habán, Zurca, L'upta, Bánec
- p. 323
- Continuity without demerging-Palina and Krízava
- p. 326
- Continuity, secession and one private farmer-Lehota
- p. 328
- Client and co-operative privatisation-Klanec
- p. 331
- The Non-Farm Economy
- p. 334
- A brand new big business in a village of pensioners and Roma-Palina
- p. 334
- Co-operatives as business parks-Klanec
- p. 337
- Smaller-scale successful new businesses-Lehota, L'upta, Krizava
- p. 339
- Mixed success plugging the socialist personal services gap-Zurca and L'upta
- p. 341
- Protracted privatisation and commuting to the Czech Republic-Krízava and Lehota
- p. 343
- Local Authority Businesses and Accommodations to Central Power
- p. 344
- Continuity and change-Klanec
- p. 344
- A new non-market business elite-Krízava
- p. 346
- Flexible political allegiances-Krízava, Zurca and L'upta
- p. 348
- Fuzzy ownership and its consequences-Habán
- p. 349
- Problems of football sponsorship, tourism and promoting a hotel-Bánec
- p. 352
- Developing a village 'with no development prospects'-Hora
- p. 355
- A change of mayor and perhaps a change of prospects-Lehota
- p. 356
- Slovak Specificities in Summary
- p. 359
- Conclusion
- p. 361
- Bibliography
- p. 373
- Index of Research Villages
- p. 391
- General Index
- p. 393
