Social reproduction of ‘classes of labour’ in the rural areas of South Africa: contradictions and contestations

dc.contributor.authorCousins, Ben
dc.contributor.authorDubb, Alex
dc.contributor.authorHornby, Donna
dc.contributor.authorMtero, Farai
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-20T08:24:40Z
dc.date.available2018-11-20T08:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMarxist agrarian political economy has focused largely on the problematic of accumulation and its politics, but the dynamics of social reproduction in rural contexts remain somewhat undertheorised. These are explored through consideration of empirical evidence from communal areas and land reform farms in South Africa. Key arguments advanced are that social reproduction in such contexts include the reproduction of distinctive forms of marriage, systems of kinship and community membership, as well as of property relations that are not characterised by private ownership. Much social reproduction occurs outside of (direct) market relations, but it is nevertheless deeply conditioned and shaped by the dynamics of the wider capitalist economy, including in relation to wage labour and small-scale agricultural production. As a result, social reproduction in rural areas involves contradictions, tensions and contestations, and these are often at the centre of local forms of politics. The wider significance of these findings is discussed, and it is suggested that similar dynamics may be at work across the Global South.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationCousins, B. et al. (2018). Social reproduction of ‘classes of labour’ in the rural areas of South Africa: contradictions and contestations. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 45(5-6): 1060-1085.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0306-6150
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2018.1482876
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4212
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the post-print version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2018.1482876
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSocial reproductionen_US
dc.subjectAccumulationen_US
dc.subjectClasses of labouren_US
dc.subjectAgrarian changeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleSocial reproduction of ‘classes of labour’ in the rural areas of South Africa: contradictions and contestationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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