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Rural Youth and the Family
Ruža First
Sažetak
In view of the fact that in most Yugoslav rural communities the family still
forms the basic unit within which young people can satisfy their social needs
and necessities of life, the authoress — in discussing position and problems
of rural youth — first turns to their position within the family. She recalls the
historical development of the family, from the traditional »institutional« type
to the modern »partnership« type, discusses the relationship between the
generations in the traditional and modern families, and finally analyses the
position of young people in the contemporary peasant family on the basis of the
results of an investigation carried out by the Agrarian Institute.
By means of a comparative analysis covering the areas of Kosmet and Vojvodina
she tried to establish the position and place of young people in the pattern
of relations within the family in respect of the following basic situations: load
of work on young people, payment of the young for work on the farm and outside
it, participation of the younger members in running a farm or household, and
the relationship existing between the generations within the rural family. The
results of the analysis show that two parallel processes are currently taking place
in rural communities: (1) democratization of the relations between the generations
as regards the gradual inclusion of the younger members in decision making,
more adequate payment for their work on the farm, etc; (2) a growing misunderstanding
and even conflicts between parents and children as a result of
the increasing social, and cultural differences. But although obviously present,
these processes are not predominant, because most members of the younger
generation, particularly young girls, are still in a traditionally unequal position
within the peasant family.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
118756
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.12.1968.
Posjeta: 797 *