Relations of production of the ‘family farm’: Canadian prairies
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Vol. 9 (1) , 71-85
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03066158108438154
Abstract
Focussing attention on the ‘family farm’ in western Canada, this paper explores the theoretical means by which the impact of capitalist development on domestic agrarian production can be better understood. This entails a more accurate specification of the relations of production embedded within the domestic unit of production, and an examination of the way they structure family and community relations under the domination of capital. It is suggested that the persistence of the ‘family farm’ is itself indicative of its subordination to capital in that permanent transformation to capitalist relations of production is inhibited.Keywords
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