OBSERVATIONS ON RURAL CLASS RELATIONS

In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 2-11

Abstract

THIS ARITICLE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS SPECIAL ISSUE ENTITLED RURAL CLASS RELATIONS WHICH IS, ALSO, PART 1 OF SEVERAL ISSUES ENTITLED SOCIAL CLASSES IN LATIN AMERICA. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE QUESTIONS OF TO WHAT DEGREE THE DEPENDENCY FRAMEWORK CAN BE APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF THE FORMATION OF RURAL SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND AGRARIAN STRUGGLE AND MODE-OF-PRODUCTION TO RURAL CLASS RELATIONS.