@techreport{Theesfeld2003breach,
abstract = {During the post-socialist transition period, the Bulgarian irrigation facilities deteriorated to a
large extent and no longer meet the needs of the new landowner and agricultural production
structure. The Bulgarian government therefore enacted two new laws to encourage collective
action and to establish water user associations in order to achieve sustainable water management.
In this article, we will question the frequent argument that water user associations
could easily be established in Bulgaria, because they are rooted in the water syndicates.
Empirical findings from village case studies reveal that limited collective memory exists
today about former water syndicates? rules-in-use and patterns of action. We will explain
this breach of tradition by the migration from villages to cities, the suppression of precommunist
so-called capitalist behaviour, and the length of the communist period. Moreover,
the analysis of the historical cooperative development in Bulgaria shows that the water
syndicates were enforced by a top-down approach and did not have much in common with
the classic cooperative principles.},
author = {Insa Theesfeld and Ivan Boevski},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Bew\"{a}sserung; Kartell; Bulgarien},
language = {eng},
number = {17},
title = {A breach of tradition during socialism : the case of water syndicates in Bulgaria},
type = {CEESA discussion paper / Humboldt-Universit\"{a}t Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22298},
year = {2003}
}
