CONTESTING AGRICULTURE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- 1. Introduction -- The Setting -- Methodology -- 2. Identities -- PART I: The Communist Period -- 3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture -- 4. The LPG -- Introduction -- The Mass Production Model in Agriculture -- The Dynamics of Planning: Rationales and Irrationalities -- Production Quotas and Export -- The Organization of Agricultural Tasks -- Local Responses -- Inconsistencies in the Distribution of Farm Equipment -- Showcase Projects -- Communal Tasks -- Capital Investments and Debt -- Compensation -- Supplementing Wages: Individual Production by LPG Members -- The Family as Source of Identification -- Leisure -- The LPG Administration -- Farm Manager Identities -- PART II: The Post-Communist Period -- INTRODUCTION: The Aftermath of Reunification -- The Crash in the Markets: Panic Purchases -- New Markets and Pricing Structures -- Government Supports and Useless Feasibility Plans -- The Maze of Legal Forms of Ownership -- Rights to Compensation and to Decide on the Future of the Cooperatives -- 5. The Cooperative Solution -- Legal Options -- The Cooperative Managers' Opinion of West German-Style Cooperativism -- The Transition to West German-Style Cooperatives: Process and Timing -- The New Leadership -- Carrying Out Compensation -- Impediments: Access to Land -- Leasing from Individuals -- The Issue of Buildings -- Set-Aside Programs -- The Carryover of Debt Incurred During the GDR -- A Case of Failure -- Prospects -- 6. The New Cooperatives: Continuity and Change -- Restructuring Activities -- Investment in Buildings and Machinery -- Crop Production -- Livestock Production -- Markets -- Reducing the Workforce -- Wage Levels and Working Conditions -- The Cooperatives' Relationship to Communities -- Prospects.

7. The Eastern Independent Farmers -- Obtaining Land -- Machinery -- Investment -- Division of Labor and the Employment of Outside Labor -- Crop Production and Its Link to Market Demand -- Livestock Production -- Prospects -- Conclusion -- 8. The Western Farmers -- Adapting to Life in the East -- Access to Land -- Investment -- Personnel and Division of Labor -- Crop Production and Marketing -- Livestock Production and Marketing -- Suppliers and Markets -- Community Relations -- 9. The Service/Industrial Context of Agriculture: Linkages and Permutations -- Suppliers -- A Serviceman -- Clients -- The Nature of Economic Networks -- Convergences and Divergences between Farmers and Their Associates -- 10. Conclusion -- NOTES -- Chronology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identities -- PART I. THE COMMUNIST PERIOD -- 3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture -- 4. The LPG -- PART II. POST-COMMUNIST PERIOD -- Introduction: The Aftermath of Reunification -- 5. The Cooperative Solution -- 6. The New Cooperatives -- 7. The Eastern Independent Farmers -- 8. The Western Farmers -- 9. The Service/Industrial Context of Agriculture -- 10. Conclusion -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.