Polgárosodásvita három évtized távlatából: áttekintés a mai mezőgazdasági üzemek tulajdonosának társadalmi hátteréről Magyarországon
The Debate on Embourgeoisement – 30 Years After: The Social Background of the Owners of Current Agricultural Holdings

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the application of the theories of the eighties on embourgeoisement in rural Hungary on the changes of the last thirty years of the Hungarian agriculture. A well-defined part of the debate on embourgeoisement discussed the role of agricultural production in the second-economy and its impact on the future development of the socialist agriculture. The author discusses the writings of István Márkus, Pál Juhász, Imre Kovách and Iván Szelényi and compares them with the findings of two recent researches on Hungarian agriculture. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, the analysis shows the curriculum of the farmers and the history of the farms, focusing on their experiences in agriculture before the regime change. The farm structure evolved after 2010 is slightly different from the one anticipated by the theories of the eighties: the biggest farmers have an entrepreneurial spirit, but no farming traditions.

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