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Small Farms - Persistence with Legitimation (Paperback)
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Small Farms - Persistence with Legitimation (Paperback)
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Why do small farms continue to coexist with ever-larger farming
operations in advanced Western societies? Through a thorough case
study of Italy and a comparative analysis of small farms in the
United States, Dr. Bonanno seeks to answer this question, exploring
the complex relationships among farm family members' ideology and
behavior, the small farm economic sector, and the interaction of
small farms within the relevant spheres of society. He finds that,
at the structural level, a lack of occupational alternatives and
contradictions within both labor and land markets often force
farmers to retain marginal farms despite personal dissatisfaction.
At the ideological level, many farm families display deep
attachment to the agrarian way of life and cite this as a
fundamental reason for not leaving the farm for other work. Dr.
Bonanno also analyzes the role of small farms within the social
system and concludes that they serve a legitimative function. This
legitimative role fosters contradictions within the social and
economic systems that the state is unable to resolve, thus
contributing to the continuation of a dual structure in
agricultural development-OE3/4large and very large farms at one end
of the scale and marginal but persistent small farms at the other.
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