Green Barons, Force-of-Circumstance Entrepreneurs, Impotent Mayors - Rural Change in the Early Years of Post-Socialist Capitalist Democracy (Hardcover)

An exemplary study in comparative contemporary history, this monograph looks at rural change in six countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. In the 1990s most of these nations experienced a fourth radical restructuring of agricultural relations in the twentieth century, and all went through the dramatic transition from communism to capitalism. The author analyzes attempts to activate democracy on a local level and recreate farming structures and non-agricultural businesses based on private ownership and private enterprise. He describes the emergence of a new business class that seeks to dominate local government structures; the recuperation of former communist farming entities by former managers; and the transformation of peasants into rural citizens, who nevertheless remain the underdogs. Swain exposes common features as well as specific divergences between the six countries; he portrays the winners, losers and engineers of transformations. He situates his themes in a wider context that will appeal to a broad range of social scientists and historians.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	February 2014
Authors:	Nigel Swain (Lecturer)
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	412
ISBN-13:	978-6155225703
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	6155225702
Barcode:	9786155225703

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