Venezuelan Agrarian Problems in Comparative Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2106884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Duncan Powell (Tufts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 282-300 |
| Publication date | 1971-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500006290 |
| OpenAlex | W2091288494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The rate of modernization in Venezuela over the past forty years has been rapid, even startling, if attention is focussed on the more conspicuous institutions and processes. During this period an agrarian, patrimonially ruled, backward society has been transformed into a highly commercialized urban society governed by a political party system based on widespread popular participation in the electoral process. However-and this is a phenomenon of which social scientists in the United States have become increasingly aware-modernization does not affect people in an evenhanded, uniform manner. While the great transformation in economy and society which we call modernization improves the quality of life for many people, some groups or individuals are bypassed in the process, and some even come to suffer as a consequence of it. Therefore, the level of modernity and personal well-being achieved in the most advanced sectors of a society will often be irrelevant as an indicator of welfare in those pockets of deprivation left behind or created in the general march of progress
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Modernity · Modernization theory · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Welfare · Agricultural and Food Production Studies · History and Politics in Latin America · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 1979 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |