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STATE SOCIALIST SOCIETIES: A COMPARATIVE DIMENSION.

Authors :
Newby, Howard
Source :
Current Sociology; Spring80, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p93-102, 10p
Publication Year :
1980

Abstract

The article considers the enormous literature on agricultural change in Eastern Europe. It does not attempts to present a comprehensive overview of rural sociological research in all of the state socialist societies in Eastern Europe, but will instead concentrate on a few pertinent themes which relate to the central concerns of the rural sociology. Rural sociology in Eastern Europe cannot, of course, be considered as a unity, any more than the rural social structures of the respective Eastern European societies. One of the more remarkable aspects of rural sociology in Eastern Europe concerns its close convergence with the research style of rural sociology as it has emanated from the United States. One of the more remarkable aspects of rural sociology in Eastern Europe concerns its close convergence with the research style of rural sociology as it has emanated from the United States. There is even a noticeable similarity in the selection of problems and methodology of research, social book-keeping and "dust-bowl empiricism" are by no means confined to American rural sociology and have nestled comfortably into the apparatus of state planning in Eastern Europe, posturing about "Marxist-Leninist scientific principles" notwithstanding.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00113921
Volume :
28
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Current Sociology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
11559260