Collective Farms which Work [Paperback]

This book analyses Hungarian collectivization from a sociological perspective.Analyzes the lessons learned from thirty years of actually existing socialism within the collective farm system of Hungary. Provides the first thorough sociological analysis in English of this example of successful collectivization through a detailed study of its internal social structure and relevant decision-making processes.Analyzes the lessons learned from thirty years of actually existing socialism within the collective farm system of Hungary. Provides the first thorough sociological analysis in English of this example of successful collectivization through a detailed study of its internal social structure and relevant decision-making processes.This book analyses Hungarian collectivization from a sociological perspective. Rather than consider Eastern European societies in the light of social stratification and social mobility surveys, it takes as its point of departure the commitment of Eastern European societies to industrialization within the constraints of a socialist economy and, by examining social change from the viewpoint of labour and those who control it, places the focus more strongly than has traditionally been the case on the production of social wealth, and the relations which circumscribe it, rather than on the ways in which wealth is distributed and consumed.Preface; Introduction; Part I. 'Family Labour' and 'Socialist Wage Labour' in Hungary's Co-operative Agriculture: The Incorporation of Petty Commodity Production: 1. 'Family labour' in the achievement and consolidation of collectivised agriculture, 194668; 2. 'Family labour' and 'socialist wage labour': from integration to symbiosis, 196877; Part II. Members and Managers: 3. The social composition of the agricultural producer co-operative labour force; 4. Professional management on agricultural producer co-operatives: genesis and social characteristics; Part III. Managerial Control in Agriculture: 5. Co-opl#'