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The Changing System of Rural Stratification

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ID4933730
AuthorsDavid C Thorns (University of Exeter, corresponding author)
Year1968
Volume8
Issue2
Pages161-178
Publication date1968-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9523.1968.tb00578.x
OpenAlexW2015997357
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited20

THE CHANGING SYSTEM OF RURAL STRATIFICATION: The recent concern among rural sociologists with the growing interconnection between 'rural' and 'urban' areas and the development of 'suburbia' and commuter villages has led to the questioning of the validity and usefulness of the rural-urban continuum and the concept of community. This study is concerned with a transitional area, i.e. one which is neither 'truly rural' or 'truly urban' and attempts to identify stages in village change. The starting point is the analysis of the village class structure, distinguishing between the groups which are expanding, the professional and managerial group and the skilled workers, and those which are declining, the farm workers and unskilled labourers. To some extent these changes are redefining the village class structure. The position of the farmer within this changing structure is then considered. Here three status groups, high, middle and low, are distinguished and the position of each is examined. The analysis shows that members of the high status group, which have a predominantly middle class background and orientation, fit easily into the developing village middle class. The low status farmer, on the other hand, is experiencing a decline in his position and is exhibiting class and status consciousness. Having examined some of the main elements of change within the eleven surveyed parishes, a threefold typology of change is formulated which allows the villages to be grouped according to their status structures. The typology is then illustrated by examining an example of each of the three types of villages distinguished.ZusammenfassungDER WANOEL IN DER SCHICHTONG DER LÄNDLICHEN GESELLSCHAFT: Die neuere Beschäftigung der Landsoziologen mit der wachsenden Integration ländlicher und städtischer Gebiete und mit der Ent-wicklung von Satellitenstädten und Pendlerdörfern hat die Frage nach der Stichhaltigkeit und Brauchbarkeit des Land-Stadt-Konti-nuums und nach einer Konzeption der Gemeinschaft aufgeworfen. Die vorliegende Studie behandelt ein Übergangsgebiet, das weder ausgesprochen ländliche noch betont städtische Züge aufweist, und versucht, Stadien im Wandel des Dorfes herauszuarbeiten. Ausgangs-punkt ist die Sozialstruktur des Dorfes; es wird zwischen expandie-renden Gruppen (solche der gehobenen Berufe mit leitenden Funk-tionen und die Facharbeiter) und abnehmenden Gruppen (in der Landwirtschaft Beschäftigte und ungelernte Arbeiter) unterschieden. Bis zu einem gewissen Grad lassen diese Veränderungen Rück-schlüsse auf die Klassenstruktur des Dorfes zu. Die Stellung der Landwirtschaft in diesem Prozess wird dann behandelt. Dazu werden drei Statusgruppen, hoch, mittel und tief, unterschieden und deren Stellung untersucht. Es zeigt sich, daß Angehörige der hohen Statusgruppe, die vorwiegend mittelständisch ausgerichtet sind, für die sich entwickelnde Mittelklasse des Dorfes qualifiziert sind. An-dererseits erlebt der Landwirt der unteren Gruppe eine Verschlechte-rung seiner Stellung, er zeigt Klassen- und Standesbewußtsein. Nach Untersuchung der wichtigsten Elemente des Wandels in den II Gemeinden wird eine dreifache Typologie entworfen, die es erlaubt, die Dörfer nach ihrer Statusstruktur zu gruppieren. Eine Erklärung dazu crfolgt an Hand eines Beispiels aus jedem der drei Dorftypen

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Unique citing works8
Citations per year0,16
Citation span1976 - 1997 (22)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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