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FAITH AND FINANCES. THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE ATHONITE COMMONWEALTH IN THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE ERA
This article analyzes how Mount Athos became a durable economic actor in the Middle Byzantine period (9th – 12th centuries). Building on translated monastic foundation documents and Athonite acts alongside recent economic and institutional historiography, I ex...
Byzantine monastic economy; Mount Athos; metochia; tax exemptions; Middle Byzantine period.
DEFICIENCIES AND WEAKNESSES OF ORGANIZED AGRICULTURAL CREDIT IN BULGARIA
The article analyzes the weaknesses of organized agricultural credit in Bulgaria through the history of the Bulgarian Agricultural Bank. It traces its transformation from the Ottoman public benefit funds into a state institution entrusted with the mission to m...
BulgarianAgriculturalBank;publicbenefitfunds;crediting;agriculture
RETAIL CHAINS FOR TRADE IN CONVERTIBLE CURRENCIES IN THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE PERIOD 1946 – 1992
The aim of this study is to analyze the development, functions, and socio-economic significance of convertible currency retail stores in the socialist countries, with a special focus on the “Corecom” retail chain in Bulgaria and its counterparts in Central and...
hard currency stores; “Corecom” chain; trade in convertible currency
THE EUROPEAN UNION AS A PILLAR OF GLOBALIZATION: OPENNESS AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
This article examines the European Union’s trajectory as a pillar of globalization in historical perspective, focusing on the interplay between structural openness and uneven development since 1970. Globalization has advanced in cyclical waves marked by episod...
European Union; Globalization; Deglobalization; Regional integration; Trade openness; Core-periphery asymmetries; Uneven development
FREEDOM, FAITH AND DEVELOPMENT: REVISITING BULGARIA’S HISTORICAL BACKWARDNESS THROUGH AMARTYA SEN’S CAPABILITY APPROACH
This article reinterprets Bulgaria’s historical backwardness through Amartya Sen’s concept of development as the expansion of substantive freedoms. The study integrates Sen’s capability framework with historical accounts of Bulgarian Orthodoxy and economic cul...
Amartya Sen; capabilities; Bulgaria; Orthodoxy; economic culture; backwardness; Max Weber
STATE CAPACITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIA (1878 – 2024): A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON INSTITUTIONAL MODERNIZATION
In the framework of this study, the issue of Bulgaria’s state capacity is viewed as a long-term process of institutional consolidation, administrative professionalisation, and economic modernisation. The main objective is to rebuild the historical interdepende...
Public administration; state capacity; political stability; institutional quality; economic development
FROM ANTICIPATION TO ADAPTATION: THE MISSING FEEDFORWARD LOGIC IN BULGARIA’S ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
The article analyzes the strategic planning process in Bulgaria through the prism of feedforward logic – an approach that includes predicting future scenarios, analyzing early signals and adapting before crises occur. Over 300 strategic documents (2007 – 2025)...
strategic planning; feedforward logic; anticipatory governance; systems theory; cybernetics; scenario planning; policy design; national strategies
CONTRADICTIONS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
This article explores the evolution of contradictions in public administration from antiquity to the digital era, arguing that these tensions are not malfunctions but structural forces driving institutional change. It identifies key categories of administrativ...
Public administration; governance contradictions; institutional change; New Public Governance; Bulgarian public sector
HOW MODERNITY PERCEIVES HISTORY. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL BUDGETARY PRACTICES OF THE BULGARIAN STATE
The practice of developing state and municipal budgets in Bulgaria began immediately after the Liberation and reflects both the fiscal traditions of the Ottoman Empire and the desire for modernization and Europeanization of Bulgarian financial policy. Historic...
historical overview; municipalities; budget practices; financial decentralization; local self-government
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: FROM EARLY “SPONTANEOUS” ENTREPRENEURS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO CONTEMPORARY CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE AND ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurial activity manifests across diverse domains, encompassing both economic and broader societal spheres. In recent years, the significance of one particular form – social entrepreneurship – has increasingly come to the forefront, as its role and con...
entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial attitudes; history of entrepreneurship; social enterprise; social economy
BULGARIAN ECONOMISTS IN THE 1930s ON THE ECONOMY OF THE THIRD REICH
Germany experienced significant economic successes and political and military defeats in the 20th century. It initiated and lost two world wars, leading to severe consequences for its economy. This paper presents analyses by Bulgarian economists who were conte...
German economy; Third Reich; Bulgaria; Bulgarian еconomists; clearing trade; compensation deals; price control
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN BULGARIA – AN ATTEMPT AT MODERNIZATION UNDER ECONOMIC CHALLENGES (1879–1939)
The electrification of Bulgaria represents one of the fundamental processes in the country’s modernization following the Liberation, reflecting the state’s aspiration for economic and technological renewal. The construction of Bulgaria’s energy infrastructure...
electrification; modernization; Law on Water Syndicates; DecreeLaw on the Electrification of Bulgaria
THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF BULGARIA’S IMAGE IN MARGARET THATCHER’S PUBLIC STATEMENTS
This paper examines how Margaret Thatcher’s public discourse between 1981 and 1991 constructs Bulgaria’s image within the shifting geopolitical landscape of late Cold War and post-communist Europe. Drawing on Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of Crit...
Margaret Thatcher; Bulgaria; Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA); European Identity; Western Hegemony