LEADER 05364nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910965192703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791489093 010 $a0791489094 010 $a9780585463179 010 $a0585463174 035 $a(CKB)111087027854210 035 $a(OCoLC)61367584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080601 035 $a(PQKB)10210096 035 $a(OCoLC)52774131 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5845 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407999 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587198 035 $a(DE-B1597)683948 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791489093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407999 035 $a(Perlego)2674593 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027854210 100 $a20010726d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContesting agriculture $ecooperativism and privatization in the new Eastern Germany /$fHans C. Buechler and Judith-Maria Buechler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (371 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in the anthropology of work 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791452820 311 08$a0791452824 311 08$a9780791452813 311 08$a0791452816 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-342) and index. 327 $aIntro -- CONTESTING AGRICULTURE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- 1. Introduction -- The Setting -- Methodology -- 2. Identities -- PART I: The Communist Period -- 3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture -- 4. The LPG -- Introduction -- The Mass Production Model in Agriculture -- The Dynamics of Planning: Rationales and Irrationalities -- Production Quotas and Export -- The Organization of Agricultural Tasks -- Local Responses -- Inconsistencies in the Distribution of Farm Equipment -- Showcase Projects -- Communal Tasks -- Capital Investments and Debt -- Compensation -- Supplementing Wages: Individual Production by LPG Members -- The Family as Source of Identification -- Leisure -- The LPG Administration -- Farm Manager Identities -- PART II: The Post-Communist Period -- INTRODUCTION: The Aftermath of Reunification -- The Crash in the Markets: Panic Purchases -- New Markets and Pricing Structures -- Government Supports and Useless Feasibility Plans -- The Maze of Legal Forms of Ownership -- Rights to Compensation and to Decide on the Future of the Cooperatives -- 5. The Cooperative Solution -- Legal Options -- The Cooperative Managers' Opinion of West German-Style Cooperativism -- The Transition to West German-Style Cooperatives: Process and Timing -- The New Leadership -- Carrying Out Compensation -- Impediments: Access to Land -- Leasing from Individuals -- The Issue of Buildings -- Set-Aside Programs -- The Carryover of Debt Incurred During the GDR -- A Case of Failure -- Prospects -- 6. The New Cooperatives: Continuity and Change -- Restructuring Activities -- Investment in Buildings and Machinery -- Crop Production -- Livestock Production -- Markets -- Reducing the Workforce -- Wage Levels and Working Conditions -- The Cooperatives' Relationship to Communities. 327 $aProspects -- 7. The Eastern Independent Farmers -- Obtaining Land -- Machinery -- Investment -- Division of Labor and the Employment of Outside Labor -- Crop Production and Its Link to Market Demand -- Livestock Production -- Prospects -- Conclusion -- 8. The Western Farmers -- Adapting to Life in the East -- Access to Land -- Investment -- Personnel and Division of Labor -- Crop Production and Marketing -- Livestock Production and Marketing -- Suppliers and Markets -- Community Relations -- 9. The Service/Industrial Context of Agriculture: Linkages and Permutations -- Suppliers -- A Serviceman -- Clients -- The Nature of Economic Networks -- Convergences and Divergences between Farmers and Their Associates -- 10. Conclusion -- NOTES -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identities -- PART I. THE COMMUNIST PERIOD -- 3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture -- 4. The LPG -- PART II. POST-COMMUNIST PERIOD -- Introduction: The Aftermath of Reunification -- 5. The Cooperative Solution -- 6. The New Cooperatives -- 7. The Eastern Independent Farmers -- 8. The Western Farmers -- 9. The Service/Industrial Context of Agriculture -- 10. Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 330 $aExamines the privatization of agriculture in eastern Germany since 1989. 606 $aAgriculture, Cooperative$zGermany (East) 606 $aPrivatization$zGermany (East) 615 0$aAgriculture, Cooperative 615 0$aPrivatization 676 $a334/.683/09431 700 $aBuechler$b Hans C$0484563 701 $aBuechler$b Judith-Maria$01814619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965192703321 996 $aContesting agriculture$94368628 997 $aUNINA