The Laissez-Faire Peasant Post-socialist rural development in Serbia

• Main Author: Diković, Jovana
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London UCL Press 2025
• Subjects: Agricultural and rural economics; agricultural plans; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; endogenous development; ethnography; farming; laissez-faire; local communities; peasant autonomy; peasant ethics; Peasantry; peasants; peasants autonomy; Political science and theory; Politics and government; post-socialist; post-socialist village; resilience; Rural communities; rural development; Serbia; Social groups, communities and identities; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; state schemes; struggling classes; village ethics; working classes

In rural development studies there are two mainstream assumptions. One holds that peasants are the victims of state rural development schemes, the other that only planning can ensure change and prosperity in rural regions. It is rarely considered that peasants are architects of their own and local w...