Mountain Cooperatives in Slovakia

One third of Slovakia is covered by mountain range where cooperatives are the main agricultural actors. These collective farms were created within the frame of the former administered economy and have survived its break up. The specific temporality of the collectivization in mountain and the structu...

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Main Author: Michel Lompech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Géographie Alpine 2015-05-01
Series:Revue de Géographie Alpine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2763
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description One third of Slovakia is covered by mountain range where cooperatives are the main agricultural actors. These collective farms were created within the frame of the former administered economy and have survived its break up. The specific temporality of the collectivization in mountain and the structure of local communities are important factors in the stages of change. The paper aims at estimating the effects of the mountain context in the restructuring of the cooperatives and gives a typology of the current forms of cooperatives in mountain areas.
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spelling doaj-art-48b17b069bd54140b7eaf310f1fb14bd2025-01-10T15:56:12ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262015-05-01103110.4000/rga.2763Mountain Cooperatives in SlovakiaMichel LompechOne third of Slovakia is covered by mountain range where cooperatives are the main agricultural actors. These collective farms were created within the frame of the former administered economy and have survived its break up. The specific temporality of the collectivization in mountain and the structure of local communities are important factors in the stages of change. The paper aims at estimating the effects of the mountain context in the restructuring of the cooperatives and gives a typology of the current forms of cooperatives in mountain areas.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/2763SlovakiaTatraspost-socialist transition
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post-socialist transition
title Mountain Cooperatives in Slovakia
title_full Mountain Cooperatives in Slovakia
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title_full_unstemmed Mountain Cooperatives in Slovakia
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