The social organization of production on a Romanian cooperative farm

Kideckel, David A.

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“…After the 1907 Peasant's Revolt (which led to some rebalancing of the land distribution between the peasantry and the aristocracy), and the two World Wars, Communism brought the next large-scale shift in agricultural practices, as the government transformed agricultural production to meet the objectives of the Socialist regime (Lerman, 2000). This was notoriously inefficient, its main objective being to achieve production targets (Kideckel, 1976). Input and output prices were centrally controlled and there was little focus on sales, profitability or cost-efficiency (Lerman et al, 2002).…”

Section: Phase Ii: Circa 1850-2000mentioning

confidence: 98%

Explaining agricultural collapse: Macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania

Fraser

Stringer

2009

Global Environmental Change

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Section: Phase Ii: Circa 1850-2000mentioning

confidence: 98%

Explaining agricultural collapse: Macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania

Fraser

Stringer

2009

Global Environmental Change

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“…Members of the group carried out long-term field research in Romania in the 1970s following Ceaucescu's renunciation of the Soviet Union. Fieldwork included urban sites, and a focus on the workings of the state bureaucracy, demonstrating not only the heterogeneity of socialism but more generally the existence of different modernities (Cole, 1976;Kideckel, 1976Kideckel, , 1982Kideckel and Sampson, 1984;Sampson, 1984). These studies thus antedate several aspects of what was later grasped with the concept of multiple modernities developed in the 1990s (Eisenstadt, 2000).…”

Section: Anthropological Research On Socialismmentioning

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Shortage, fuzzy property and other dead ends in the anthropological analysis of (post)socialism

Thelen

2011

Critique of Anthropology

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The article begins with the observation that, despite almost ideal conditions, anthropological research on postsocialism has had little impact on general theoretical debates. One reason for this development, it will be argued, can be found in earlier interpretations of socialism that continue to have an effect on the field by obstructing innovative conceptualizations. The appropriation of ideas derived from neo-institutionalism by anthropologists produced analyses that found both socialism and postsocialism to be deficient. Thereby the ambivalent construction of the socialist ‘other’ allowed the general focus on economics to appear unproblematic. Following the introduction of Western institutions into formerly socialist contexts, the analytical focus shifted from old ‘different’ and ‘inefficient’ institutions to now ‘inefficient’ or at least ‘different’ actors. Taking the example of work relations, the article shows that only by overcoming these normative assumptions about the ‘other’ can anthropologists begin to question implicit knowledge and thereby open the possibility for new theorizing.

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“…Data on this sensitive topic is available from Romania where Larionescu (no date) reports that unskilled workers and peasants had low levels of participation in farm assemblies and that directives on democratic procedures were not fully implemented in practice. Kideckel's (1976) fieldwork indicates that workers experience alienation, that the general assembly merely ratifies appointments from higher up and that it approves production plants drafted at other levels. CONCLUSION I have tried to begin a class analysis of socialist agriculture and to show how the structure is based on the new development policies in con-136 temporary state socialism.…”

Section: Class Relations In the Agro-industrial Complexmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Class Analysis of Contemporary Socialist Agriculture: Bulgaria in the Seventies*

Sinclair

1982

Sociologia Ruralis

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Since the 1960s, East European agriculture has been undergoing a second revolutionary experience as attempts are being made to ‘industrialize’ production and to build new complex organizational structures consistent with social and economic goals. Theories of class relations in this contemporary agriculture usually recognize the intelligentsia stratum and the classes of state agricultural workers and co‐operative farmers or peasants. Here 1 attempt a more refined analysis. Particular occupational categories will be assessed according to (i) legal ownership of productive property and (ii) the scope of their control over the processes of production. I shall argue that the intelligentsia must be divided into a dominant state bureaucratic elite and new middle classes of managers and technocratic specialists. While a substantial convergence between the classes of co‐operative peasants and state farm workers has taken place, it is important to recognize the new class of skilled technical workers. Also, the continued significance of the private plot complicates the class situation of the worker's household in that this private activity is often the source of a substantial part of household income. The paper concludes with some speculative analysis on the processes of social change in state socialism. RÉSUMÉ Depuis les années 60, l'agriculture des pays de l'Est est engageée dans une nouvelle expérience révolutionnairc: la perspective consiste à industrialiser la production et àédifier dc nouvelles formes complexes d' organisation en harmonie avec les finalités de l'économie et de la société. Les théories des classes sociales appliquées à ce type d'agriculture définissent généralement les catégories suivames: les couches intellectuelles, les travailleurs agricoles du secteur d'Etat, et les paysans du secteur coopératif. l'analyse proposée ici se veut plus fine. Des catégories spécifiqucs sont dégagées en fonction (1) de la propriété légale ou productive, (2) du degré de contrôle sur le procès de production. l'intelligentsia, elle, peut être divisée en une élite bureaucratique dominante et une nouvelle classe moyenne de managers et de techniciens spécialisés. Deux tendances sont à souligner: la solidc convergence entre travailleurs du secteur d' Etat et paysans d'une part, et de l'autre le développement de cette nouvelle classe de techniciens. Enfin, cette analyse de classe se complique du fait de l'importance persistante des lopins individuels dans la mesure où cette activitea constitue souvent une part non négligeable des revenus. l'article sc terminc sur quelques hypothèses quant aux mécanismes du changement social dans le système socialiste d'Etat. KURZFASSUNG Seit den 60er Jahren machr Osteuropa eine zweite revolutionäre Entwicklung durch, insofern als Versuche gemacht worden sind, die landwirtschaftliche Produktion zu industtialisieren und komplexe Organisationsstrukturen aufzubauen, die soztalen und ökonomischen Zielen entsprechen. Theorien der Klassenbeziehungen in der gegenwärtigen Landwittschaft dort unt...

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The social organization of production on a Romanian cooperative farm

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Explaining agricultural collapse: Macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania

Explaining agricultural collapse: Macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania

Shortage, fuzzy property and other dead ends in the anthropological analysis of (post)socialism

Towards a Class Analysis of Contemporary Socialist Agriculture: Bulgaria in the Seventies*

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