Subcontractors: Dr. Frederic Morand Prof. A. Aleksiev and Dr. I. Penov (BG) Prof Csaba Forgacs (HU) Dr. Aija Zobena and Dr. Sandra Sumane (LV) Dr Romualdas Zemeckis (LT) Dr. Piotr Matczak (PL) Dr Tatiana Kulvankova-Oravska (SK)
Research Framework
PhD Projects
Land Fragmentation in Bulgaria: Research questions, hypotheses and empirical methodology
Case Study Projects
Cooperation for Rural Tourism Product - Comparative case study in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.
Cooperation for Environmental Protection- Comparative case study of collective action in Polish and Slovakian National Park.
Cooperation for Market Development - Comparative case study of land market in Bulgaria and Hungary
Factors affecting Cooperative Strategies
Core Readings
Elinor Ostrom (1998). A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action. In: M.D. McGinnis (ed.), Polycentric Games and Institutions. Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. Ann Arbor: Michigan University Press. 427-521.
Joel Sobel (2002). Can We Trust Social Capital? Journal of Economic Literature Vol. XL (March): 139-154.
Insa Theesfeld (2003). Constraints of Collective Action in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Bulgaria’s Irrigation Sector. World Development 32(2): 241-252.
Franz Gatzweiler (2003). Patterns of Institutional Change for Sustainability in Central and Eastern European Agriculture. Ceesa Discussion Paper No 16, Humboldt University Berlin, Chair of Resource Economics.
Deliverables
D1:3: Report on the finalisation of doctoral training programme
D2.3: Working papers on theoretical aspects of the theme
D3.3: Working papers on personal PhD projects
D4.3: Report on operational concepts translated for CEE case studies
D5.3: Report on the description of CEE case study design (including selection of study regions)
Deliverables II
D6.3: Finalisation of questionnaires and interview guidelines
D7.3: Report on Datasets
D8.3: Report on the methodology of implementation of CEE surveys
D9.3: Report on empirical work
D10.3: Reports on integrated results (options and policy recommendations)
D11.3: Reports on the progress of PhD thesis
Deliverables III
D12.3: Working papers, consequently submitted to academic conferences and refereed journals
D13.3: Report on knowledge intensive dissemination products based on empirical work
D14.3: Report on contribution to the formation of a research network