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The Political Orientation of Agrarian Classes: a theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Carlo Geneletti
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Inrecent times sociologists of different intellectual orientation and academic specialization have demonstrated a renewed interest in agrarian matters. If any, because the peasants still constitute a large section of the world population, this interest must be commended. In this paper, I will deal with a subject that is at present rather left aside: the political orientation of agrarian classes: it is a theoretical effort to evaluate the relations existing between landownership and political orientation. I will try to answer this question: ‘Once agrarian classes have been defined according to their access to land, which is their relative political orientation?’

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , May 1976 , pp. 54 - 73
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Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1976

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