The Measurements of Boundary Kin in an Inheritance Bubble in Romania.
Struggles between current tenants and the heirs of former owners over property rights in post-socialist housing restitution in Romania often unfold through kinship measurements. I use the notion of 'boundary kin'—relatives who in different situations may be considered as either near or distant—to ca...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 131 - 151 |
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Berghahn Books
Winter2021
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