The Relational Typology of the Family Exploitation System in Iran (Case Study: Qudjan Village) | ||
| توسعه محلی (روستائی-شهری) | ||
| Article 8, Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 26, April 2022, Pages 511-531 PDF (534.09 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22059/jrd.2022.339518.668705 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Masoumeh Shafati* 1; Mohammad Javad Zahedi Mazandarani2 | ||
| 1PhD in sociology, Researcher of Khouzestan Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research | ||
| 2Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Payame Noor University of Tehran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Studies in the field of family farming have generally been based on two different perspectives: the first perspective focuses on the material structures and highlights the role of farm types and ecological dynamics; the second perspective focuses on the social actors and emphasizes agency. It is the farmer and the wider social forces that also play an important role. In contrast, the proposal by Darnhofer et al. (2016) is a third perspective that focuses on “relationships” and has the potential to overcome the duality of ecology /social and structure/actor. Given the dominance of this approach in this study, Kantzen and Fornay’s relational sociological theory was used to build a conceptual framework and increase theoretical sensitivity. For this purpose, the typological method and the operational strategy (a combination of experimental and conceptual strategy) were used. Thus, based on the inductive approach, frequent and in-depth observations and semi-structured interviews were first conducted with members of 19 households (43 interviews) in the village of Qudjan, where 100% of the farm units are family-run. In a roundabout way, concepts based on a more general concept were given appropriate conceptual labels as species, and species gradually became (experimental). The results show that how and to what extent the members of the exploiting families participate in decision making and how they function in the work structure in the exploiting unit leads to the formation of different configurations of peasant families, including four types of configurations: “traditional complementarity”, “cooperation”, “individualism on the farm” and “specialized individualism”. In Qudjan village, despite the existence of other family configurations, the “traditional complementation” type is the predominant type in which the man is the official owner and head of the family farm unit. The research results also show that the probability of generational stability of the family exploitation unit is higher with the “individualism in the field” configuration than with other configuration types. Reconstructing patterns of labor division in the family sweatshop can increase its flexibility and thus improve the future prospects of the family farm. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Generational Stability; Farmer Family Configuration; In-Farm Individualism; Family Exploitation System; Qudjan Village | ||
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