Antonova, Anna S. “Regimes of Value: Economic Transformations, Ecological Livelihoods, and Salt Cooperatives on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, online first (2024). https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X241295521.
This article investigates changing regimes of value in the salt flats on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast as a way of exploring how diverse economic practices reflect communities’ relations with their environment. Combining a feminist political economy (FPE) lens with postsocialist analysis of social change in Bulgaria, I trace the salt flats’ transformation from cooperatively managed local ecological livelihood to passive property rendered most valuable when sold for development into the now-dominant tourist industry. In contrast, I also outline contemporary diverse economic practices inspired by the salt flats, which seek alternative means of conceiving the economy. Drawing on these experiences, I argue that the postsocialist lens can offer a robust perspective on conceptualizations of the diverse economy. (Abstract)
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