A Note on Former Soviet Bloc Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7839028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Kitching (UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 165-169 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00076.x |
| OpenAlex | W1988308877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
It is argued that while it is difficult to be critical of GKI, because the picture painted of the former Soviet bloc countries is so broad, the treatment is not sufficiently detailed to be analytically illuminating. Four important weaknesses are identified. The first is the problematic analogy of private plot agriculture on the former state and collective farms with minifundia in Latin America, and the consequent analogy of collective farms with latifundia. The second is the argument that private plot farming was involuting in a Geertzian sense. Thirdly, the GKI redistributive land reform agenda for Russia is questioned and a case is made for privately owned and managed large farms. Finally, GKI are criticized for failing to take account of the limited rural labour supply in Russia
Agriculture · Analogy · Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Land reform · Latin Americans · Law and economics · Plot (graphics · Political economy · Political science · State (computer science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Russia and Soviet political economy
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2020 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |