Regimes of value: Economic transformations, ecological livelihoods, and salt cooperatives on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

Anna S. Antonova
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Anna S. Antonova: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich, Germany

Environment and Planning A, 2025, vol. 57, issue 2-3, 287-306

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Feminist political economy; cooperatives; postsocialism; salt flats; Black Sea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241295521

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