Sovietinio žemės ūkio transformacija

The Soviet past is crucial in understanding the processes of transformation of the Lithuanian kolkhoz system into the farming practices of free-market economy. The violent and forced incorporation of the nation-states into the Soviet Union radically transformed societies. In our analysis of kolkhoz...

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Published in:Sociologija. Mintis ir veiksmas 2019, Vol.44 (44 (01)), p.93-130
Main Authors: Leonavičius, Vylius, Ozolinčiūtė, Eglė
Format: Article
Language:Lithuanian
Subjects:
Agricultural collectives
Agriculture
Economic development
Economic history
Farming
Free markets
Market economies
Modern society
Modernity
Modernization
National Economy
Post-Communist Transformation
Postcommunist societies
Social institutions
Transformation
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Summary:The Soviet past is crucial in understanding the processes of transformation of the Lithuanian kolkhoz system into the farming practices of free-market economy. The violent and forced incorporation of the nation-states into the Soviet Union radically transformed societies. In our analysis of kolkhoz system and its transformations, we use two different concepts – Soviet modernity and modernity of the Soviet period. These concepts let us to approach the agricultural project of the Soviet collective farming as an alternative system of social institutions for implementation of industrial farming of modern society. The concept of entangled modernity refers to interaction of two trends of modernization and defines the kolkhoz as a hybrid or a result of intertwining of two models of modernity – the universal and the Soviet one. By applying the concept of entangled modernity and hybrids to the interpretation of the kolkhoz’s post-Soviet transformation, the article explores the experiences of social actors and the inevitable human and material losses of the hybrid’s transformation. In our theoretical interpretation, we use data from interviews with former agents of the kolkhoz system and legislative documents.
ISSN:1392-3358
2335-8890
DOI:10.15388/SocMintVei.2019.1.10