Original scientific paper

Rural Sociology in Holland — currents in the seventies

H. J. de Haan
A. T. J. Nooij

Abstract

This article shows some changes
that have taken place in rural
sociology. In agro-sociological
research an individualistic approach
in the theory of cultural models has
given way to an institutionalized
approach concentrated on the
relationship between the farm and
agribusiness. In the sociology of
rural communities interest has
revived in the social and cultural
problems of small settlements.
Through their original contribution
to the study of rural communities,
anthropologists enabled a new
empirical approach to general
socio-economic currents. A
relatively new field of research is
the conflict of interests between
agricultural expansion and the
preservation of the environment.
This problem seems primarily to
lead to an integral rural-sociological
approach which will connect the
knowledge and approaches of
agrarian sociology, the sociology of
rural communities an the sociology
of agricultural management. The
development of rural-sociological
research in Holland is a clear
example of the historical dimension
of social sciences. It has been
shown that goals of research are
selected according to the criterion
of social importance and that the
ruling intellectual climate has
influenced theoretical orientation.

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Hrčak ID:

121705

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/121705

Publication date:

5.1.1987.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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