Bibliograph

Disrupted landscapes, state, peasants and the politics of land in postsocialist Romania, Stefan Dorondel

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Disrupted landscapes, state, peasants and the politics of land in postsocialist Romania, Stefan Dorondel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Disrupted landscapes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

917355351

Responsibility statement

Stefan Dorondel

Series statement

The environment in history : international perspectives, volume 8

Sub title

state, peasants and the politics of land in postsocialist Romania

Summary

The fall of the Soviet Union was a transformative event for the national political economies of Eastern Europe, leading not only to new regimes of ownership and development but to dramatic changes in the natural world itself. This painstakingly researched volume focuses on the emblematic case of postsocialist Romania, in which the transition from collectivization to privatization profoundly reshaped the nation's forests, farmlands, and rivers. From bureaucrats abetting illegal deforestation to peasants opposing government agricultural policies, it reveals the social and political mechanisms by which neoliberalism was introduced into the Romanian landscape; 'This is clearly the best study on the environmental history of Romania published to date. It is a paragon of vivid, illustrative, and intimate local history combined with an international outlook'--Joachim Radkau, Universität Bielefeld; 'Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Disrupted Landscapes takes a broad view of the transformations taking place in rural Romania in the second part of the 2000s. It presents one of the most finely granulated pictures of the workings of power in rural settings'--Diana Mincyte, The City University of New York-New York City College of Technology.--From publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Privatizing the state and the transformation of the agrarian landscape -- Dragomiresti and dragova : two centuries of ecological and socio-economic transformations -- Postsocialism as neoliberalism reorganizing society and nature -- Bureaucrats, patronage, illegal logging -- Contested forest -- Waning pastures -- Fragmented lands -- Wasted rivers -- Conclusion: A disrupted landscape -- Glossary

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