In the past two decades, former postsocialist countries such as Romania have experienced very radical changes in terms of government and resource policy (Swinnen, 1997;Szelenyi, 1998;Turnock, 1998). To make sense of these changes this review paper will make use of recent postsocialist literature, which links the access and control over resources to the exercise of power and authority in the postsocialist state (Berry, 1993;Lund, 2002;Verdery, 2002;Ribot and Peluso, 2003;Sikor, 2006;Sikor and Lund, 2009;Sikor, Stahl and Dorondel, 2009 (de Waal, 1996;Giordano and Kostova, 1996;Verdery, 1999;Rabinowicz and Swinnen, 1997; Swinnen and Mathjs, 1997;Szelenyi, 1998;Sikor, 2003;Sikor, Stahl and Dorondel, 2009;Dorondel and Sikor, 2009) (Lund, 2002).

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