| After Socialism: Land Reform and Social Change in Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Abrahams, Ray (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1571813268 ISBN-13: 9781571813268 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: The collapse of Soviet influence and the disillusionment with socialism in the early 1990s led to ambitious programs of economic reform throughout Eastern Europe. The papers in this volume, written by anthropologists and sociologists with detailed first-hand knowledge of the rural areas concerned, explore the situation in several countries; account is also taken of the differences between them. Not only are reform policies considered in the light of actual developments and reactions of villagers to changing circumstances; actual processes of land reform, the emergence of new family farms, and the creation of new forms of co-operative and joint stock company are described and examined well. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 333.314 |
| LCCN: 2002027712 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Series: New Directions in Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The collapse of Soviet influence and the disillusionment with socialism in the early 1990s led to ambitious programs of economic reform throughout Eastern Europe. The papers in this volume, written by anthropologists and sociologists with detailed first-hand knowledge of the rural areas concerned, explore the situation in several countries; account is also taken of the differences between them. Not only are reform policies considered in the light of actual developments and reactions of villagers to changing circumstances; actual processes of land reform, the emergence of new family farms, and the creation of new forms of co-operative and joint stock company are described and examined well. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abrahams, Ray: - Ray Abrahams is at Churchill College, Cambridge |