326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores some of the possibilities and limitations inherent in collectivization by examining agricultural changes in one Hungarian village, Pecsely in which the transition from traditional peasant existence to a socialist society and collectivized agriculture could be traced.
Preface -- Introduction -- Antecedents -- The Three Villages in the Valley -- The Land Reform of 1945 -- Agricultural Collectivization -- Agrarian Policies in the 1950s -- The First Phase of Collectivization -- The Second Phase of Collectivization -- The Three Collectives of Pécsely -- The First Merger -- Internal Organization in the New Rákoczi Collective -- The Jókai Collective -- The Collectives’ Dependence and Independence -- Relationship of Members to the Collective -- Beyond the Collective -- Plot Farming: The ‘Second Economy’ -- The Small Giant: Form and Function of Plot Farming -- The Integration of the Plots and the Collective -- Household Economy and Small Farming -- Plot Farming and Development of Income Differentials -- Networks of Reciprocity -- The ‘Elite’ of the Széphegy -- The Invisible Population -- Popular and Official Evaluation of Plot Farming -- Non-Agricultural Labour -- The Collective and the Community -- Under One Roof? -- Community, Society: Institutions -- Community, Society: Competing Paradigms -- The Traditional Paradigm -- The Socialist Paradigm -- The Western Urban Paradigm -- Social Differentiation -- Community, Society: Voluntary Associations -- Conclusion
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Vasary, Ildiko
