Local Resource Policies. Informality, Consumption, Landscape Relations
Journal: Central-European Horizons
Year: 2024

This study presents the first results of a micro-level ecological and economic anthropological research conducted in the village of Tiszapéterfalva, located in Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region. It explores the everyday survival strategies and informal income-generating practices—such as smuggling, cross-border trade, and irregular migration—that emerged in response to the unemployment crisis following the post-socialist transition. While these informal activities supported household livelihoods