| Titre | Pour une analyse économique de l'urbanisation des campagnes | |
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| Auteur | Michel Gervais | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 49-50, 1973 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | L'urbanisation des campagnes |
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| Page | 33-41 | |
| Résumé anglais |
For an Economic Analysis of Country Urbanization.
After defining "town" and "country" in economic terms, the author describes urban economy. The town, characterized by a certain population density and by the kind and variety of its activities, is the manifestation of productive forces and means of production in an historically defined social system; it is where the social, ideological and political relations of capitalistic mode of production most influence individual and group social practices. A study of urbanization is a study of the transformation of rural practices under the influence of urban capitalistic ones. The organization of agricultural production is not directly related to capitalistic production but is founded on the articulation of the dominant mode of capitalistic production with pre-capitalistic, small-market modes. The social, ideological and political relations of rural production are being constantly altered by the increasing domination of capitalistic production. The author considers that the study of urbanization can therefore be reduced to a series of questions inspired by political economy, and in conclusion, proposes areas for further study: the effects of capitalism on the social organization of agricultural production, the role of rural and urban inhabitants in relation to their modes of production, the evolution of rural consumption, the changes in village social structure. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1973_num_49_1_1861 |
