Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
This study intends to organize a typology of the Colombian peasant
communities. The typology is used as the base for a further study of
the impact of economic development upon the family unit and kindred
as elements of the communities' socio-cultural structures. In each
of the types of communities--Traditional, Specialized, and
Diversified--the impact of economic development is studied through
the change of the already mentioned elements in relation to the
economy. It is assumed that there have been some changes in the
economic function of the family unit, and that the kindred has lost
almost all its meaning. Nevertheless, the family unit as a whole is
still the main economic source within the socio-cultural system of
the Colombian peasant communities.
communities. The typology is used as the base for a further study of
the impact of economic development upon the family unit and kindred
as elements of the communities' socio-cultural structures. In each
of the types of communities--Traditional, Specialized, and
Diversified--the impact of economic development is studied through
the change of the already mentioned elements in relation to the
economy. It is assumed that there have been some changes in the
economic function of the family unit, and that the kindred has lost
almost all its meaning. Nevertheless, the family unit as a whole is
still the main economic source within the socio-cultural system of
the Colombian peasant communities.
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