Types d'exploitations et couches sociales dans l'agriculture

On some appraisals about the social stata and types of agricultural farms in France. The authors explain that the usual typologies of farms, generally based upon trivial criteria such as the size, the production system, etc., should be considered as irrelevant. They review also various economists' standpoints ; these incorporated the family structure, the farm's relations, their commercial and economic challenges, and defined more sophisticated socio-economic types which do not satisfy the authors' expectations and needs. They suggest that any study of the différenciation within the peasantry should rely upon the reconnaissance of its various social strata and the examination of their conflicts and alliances that reveal their nature and their functions.On some appraisals about the social stata and types of agricultural farms in France. The authors explain that the usual typologies of farms, generally based upon trivial criteria such as the size, the production system, etc., should be considered as irrelevant. They review also various economists' standpoints ; these incorporated the family structure, the farm's relations, their commercial and economic challenges, and defined more sophisticated socio-economic types which do not satisfy the authors' expectations and needs. They suggest that any study of the différenciation within the peasantry should rely upon the reconnaissance of its various social strata and the examination of their conflicts and alliances that reveal their nature and their functions.Blanc Michel, Allaire Gilles. Types d'exploitations et couches sociales dans l'agriculture. In: Revue géographique des Pyrénées et du Sud-Ouest, tome 50, fascicule 2, 1979. Paysannerie, exploitations agricoles. pp. 343-369