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Elements of the institutionalization process of the forest and pasture commons in Romania as particular forms of social economy

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In Romania, the study of jointly owned property (devălmășie) has been of great interest for social scientists during the different political regimes of the country. After the fall of the communist regime and after over 50 years of state ownership, the forests and pasture commons (obști and composeorate) returned to be private property of newly established associative forms. This paper aims to identify and define the contemporary Romanian commons by reference to the general characteristics of social economy organizations. In order to achieve this and obtain a clearer view of the place of the commons in Romania's organizational environment, presentation of some elements of the commons’ institutionalization process after the fall of the communist regime is included. The data used for answering these two objectives comes from the analysis of a database comprising 328 questionnaires applied to board members of commons in Romania and various legal documents. The main argument of the paper is that the restitution process that led to the re‐establishment of the Romanian commons from public property to common private property—marked by hardships, conflicts, misunderstandings or faults—deepened the scarce knowledge of the political actors, general public and other stakeholders in regard to these organizations and perpetuated their unclear position in the organizational field.

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  • Irina‐Sînziana Opincaru, 2021. "Elements of the institutionalization process of the forest and pasture commons in Romania as particular forms of social economy," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 92(1), pages 101-118, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:annpce:v:92:y:2021:i:1:p:101-118
    DOI: 10.1111/apce.12294
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