Practices of Creative Disobedience: A Key to Economic Success in Socialism? : A Case Study of a Hungarian Agricultural Cooperative

In this article, I examine the fate during decades of socialism in Hungary agricultural company Árpád-Agrár Ltd. Szentes, which has flourished up to present day. Its predecessor, Árpád Mezőgazdasági Termelőszövetkezet (Agricultural Producer Cooperative), was established 1960, last wave collectivization. Most members were gardeners who specialized a Bulgarian type horticulture. One central questions my inquiry is how individual gardeners’ best practices preserved and further developed within structure socialist cooperative. also consider Cooperative used economic reforms 1968 expand its market-share. analysis successful transfer knowledge processes adaptation, devote particular attention human factor, taking into consideration both changing relationship between leadership membership cooperative formation class managers had experiences West more open-minded mentality. These factors offer possible explanation as why community chose organizational form at time change political regime transformed public limited liability only decade later.