Subverting Communism in Romania

This study traces the Romanian communist regime’s attempts to extinguish private property in housing. The author analyzes the homeowners’ resistance through law, the subsequent remaking of private property, and the hybrid legal culture of property in early communist Romania.

Mihaela Serban

Introduction: Law, Power, and Resistance in Early Communist Romania Chapter One: The Many Faces of Communist Legality Chapter Two: Law, Subjectivity, and Legal Consciousness Chapter Three: Property in Extremis: The Taking of Homes Chapter Four: Resistance to Takings and the Construction of Socialist Subjectivities Chapter Five: Legality, Ideology, and the Politics of Takings Chapter Six: Surviving Property: Private Property in Early Communism Conclusion