Rural families and income from migration Honduran households in the world economy

The expansion of capitalist agriculture and the augmented incidence of migration throughout the Third World in recent decades have transformed the peasantry and made it reliant on wage work in labour markets tied to the world economy as never before. The dependence on off-farm income in Latin Americ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Latin American studies
1. Verfasser: Stonich, Susan C. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1991
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Arbeitsmigranten > Ländliches Einkommen > Honduras > Kleinbauer > Internationale Migration > Sozioökonomischer Wandel > Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Zusammenfassung:The expansion of capitalist agriculture and the augmented incidence of migration throughout the Third World in recent decades have transformed the peasantry and made it reliant on wage work in labour markets tied to the world economy as never before. The dependence on off-farm income in Latin America is especially significant among smallholder farm families who derive the majority of household income from off-farm sources. Employing data on migration among rural farm households in Southern Honduras, the article examines the processes related to the unprecedented proletarianisation that has occurred since 1950
Beschreibung:6 Tab., 1 graph. Darst.
ISSN:0022-216X