'Without Co-ops there Would be No Forests!': Historical Memory and the Restitution of Forests in Post-socialist Bulgaria

dc.contributor.authorCellarius, Barbara A.en_US
dc.coverage.countryBulgariaen_US
dc.coverage.regionEuropeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:56:15Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:56:15Z
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-21en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-21en_US
dc.description.abstract"In the wake of Bulgaria's post-socialist restitution of formerly private forests, cooperatives have widespread support among residents of the central Rhodope mountains as a way to manage the newly re-privatized resource. This support occurs despite privatization programmes designed to foster individual private ownership and a history of socialism, which might bias people against cooperative institutions. Reasons for the favourable attitude towards cooperatives include the economic rationale of large-scale forest management along with social memory of pre-socialist forestry cooperatives in the region as valued community institutions that supported community projects, produced income for forest owners, provided jobs, and managed the forests efficiently and transparently. This case study contributes to a better understanding of natural resource management under postsocialist conditions in which individuated private property often receives the most attention."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalConservation and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJanuaryen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber1en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/3015
dc.subjectforest managementen_US
dc.subjectprivatizationen_US
dc.subjectproperty rightsen_US
dc.subjectcommunity participationen_US
dc.subjectresource managementen_US
dc.subjectsocialismen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorForestryen_US
dc.submitter.emailefcastle@indiana.eduen_US
dc.title'Without Co-ops there Would be No Forests!': Historical Memory and the Restitution of Forests in Post-socialist Bulgariaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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