Agrarian and social change in a Javanese village

Bibliographic Data

ID3985877
AuthorsHyung-Jun Kim (0000-0003-0405-9555, Kangwon National University, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume32
Issue4
Pages435-455
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330280000301
OpenAlexW2045634400
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article examines rural economic changes in a Javanese village since the introduction of the Green Revolution. Special focus is placed on rural labour market and on the structure of land tenure. It will be shown that cropping intensification, expanding work opportunities in the non-agricultural sector, the longer periods of education and the formation of a more rigid boundary between agricultural and non-agricultural work have helped to decrease pressure on the rural labor market. It will be argued in the latter part of this article that a pessimistic view of profitability in rice cultivation, coupled with rising land prices, has provided a condition in which capital investment in the agricultural sector is not thought of as the best option and consequently, the structure of land tenure has not experienced a substantial change after the Green Revolution

Agrarian society · Agrarian structure · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Green Revolution · Investment (military · Land tenure · Market economy · Political science · Profitability index · Work (physics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Economic Growth and Productivity · World Systems and Global Transformations

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