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From production to property - decollectivization and the family-land relationship in contemporary hungary

Hann, Chris (1993) From production to property - decollectivization and the family-land relationship in contemporary hungary. Man, 28 (2). pp. 299-320. ISSN 0025-1496. (doi:10.2307/2803415) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:22132)

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Abstract

The concept of property has long occupied a central place in Western political and economic theory, but it has had a chequered history in social anthropology, and has not figured strongly in recent work in the discipline. This article draws on fieldwork carried out in rural Hungary since 1976 and concentrates on a specific type of property right, the ownership of agricultural land. Recent moves to decollectivize farmland pose dilemmas for many villagers, particularly as the wider economic climate is presently very unfavourable to agriculture. The evidence suggests pessimism concerning the prospects for the restoration of capitalist property relations in the countryside, an important part of the programme of post-socialist policy makers. The article makes a case for the practical significance of anthropological research in a period of social transformation, as well as for the continued significance of earlier theoretical agendas in economic anthropology. It also engages debates concerning the character of peasantry, with special reference to the limitations of archival sources, and the validity of neo-marxist approaches.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.2307/2803415
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: M. Nasiriavanaki
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2009 07:30 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2023 11:31 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/22132 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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