Thomas Sikor was Professor of Environment and Development at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceList of AcronymsIntroduction: Turning things into propertyPART I: AGRICULTURE: NEGOTIATING PROPERTY AND VALUEIntroductionChapter 1. Transnational migration, ethnicity, and property in AlbaniaChapter 2. Livelihood traditions, worker-peasants, and peasant entrepreneurs in RomaniaChapter 3. Modernity, fantasies, and property in VietnamPART II: FORESTS: CONTESTING PROPERTY AND AUTHORITYIntroductionChapter 4. Forests, state, and custom in AlbaniaChapter 5. Property, predators, and patrons in RomaniaChapter 6. Land allocation, loggers, and lawmakers in VietnamConclusion: Postsocialist propertizing and the dynamics of propertyIndex

“Despite the seemingly exotic selection of countries, the authors make a significant contribution to the assessment of privatization policy… The volume allows a better understanding of the overall problem and the causes of the failure and can therefore be considered as a valuable contribution to the forthcoming discussion… it is strongly recommended to be read by anyone interested in evaluating privatization policy.” • Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas“I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations.” • Christian Lund, University or Copenhagen

Thomas Sikor was Professor of Environment and Development at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceList of AcronymsIntroduction: Turning things into propertyPART I: AGRICULTURE: NEGOTIATING PROPERTY AND VALUEIntroductionChapter 1. Transnational migration, ethnicity, and property in AlbaniaChapter 2. Livelihood traditions, worker-peasants, and peasant entrepreneurs in RomaniaChapter 3. Modernity, fantasies, and property in VietnamPART II: FORESTS: CONTESTING PROPERTY AND AUTHORITYIntroductionChapter 4. Forests, state, and custom in AlbaniaChapter 5. Property, predators, and patrons in RomaniaChapter 6. Land allocation, loggers, and lawmakers in VietnamConclusion: Postsocialist propertizing and the dynamics of propertyIndex

“Despite the seemingly exotic selection of countries, the authors make a significant contribution to the assessment of privatization policy… The volume allows a better understanding of the overall problem and the causes of the failure and can therefore be considered as a valuable contribution to the forthcoming discussion… it is strongly recommended to be read by anyone interested in evaluating privatization policy.” • Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas“I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations.” • Christian Lund, University or Copenhagen

Thomas Sikor was Professor of Environment and Development at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

• PrefaceList of AcronymsIntroduction: Turning things into propertyPART I: AGRICULTURE: NEGOTIATING PROPERTY AND VALUEIntroductionChapter 1. Transnational migration, ethnicity, and property in AlbaniaChapter 2. Livelihood traditions, worker-peasants, and peasant entrepreneurs in RomaniaChapter 3. Modernity, fantasies, and property in VietnamPART II: FORESTS: CONTESTING PROPERTY AND AUTHORITYIntroductionChapter 4. Forests, state, and custom in AlbaniaChapter 5. Property, predators, and patrons in RomaniaChapter 6. Land allocation, loggers, and lawmakers in VietnamConclusion: Postsocialist propertizing and the dynamics of propertyIndex

“Despite the seemingly exotic selection of countries, the authors make a significant contribution to the assessment of privatization policy… The volume allows a better understanding of the overall problem and the causes of the failure and can therefore be considered as a valuable contribution to the forthcoming discussion… it is strongly recommended to be read by anyone interested in evaluating privatization policy.” • Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas“I think this is an excellent book. The command of the empirical material allows the authors to drive home a series of points that have theoretical purchase far beyond the analyzed contexts. This is an exciting contribution to the understanding of major social transformations.” • Christian Lund, University or Copenhagen