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the socialist transformation of agriculture in a Romanian commune, 1945‐62
Author(s) -
KIDECKEL DAVID A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1982.9.2.02a00070
Subject(s) - romanian , economic system , state (computer science) , politics , agriculture , power (physics) , sociocultural evolution , political science , political economy , economy , geography , sociology , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics , physics , archaeology , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
The Romanian socialist transformation of agriculture is analyzed as a sociopolitical process typical of complex society. Its specific character results from the interaction of national policy and local organization within a framework of regional power relations. National policy is transformed by community class relations, land use, and intracommunity variation as expressed in regional political economy. Local deviations promote change at national levels, thereby countering those who see collectivization solely as a function of state power, [cooperative and collective agriculture, national integration, complex society, sociocultural change, Eastern Europe]