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Processes of Change in the Social Structure of Poland’s Rural Population in the Years 1991–2013

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The article discusses changes in the social structure of rural population in the years 1991–2013. In that period the share of farmers decreased from 46% to 27%, the share of workers increasing from 33% to 45% and the share of middle class – from 15% to 27%. These changes are the result of three overlapping processes: deagrarianisation / depeasantization (the specific, two-phase “end” of the peasants), proletarianization (saturation of rural community by the representatives of social groups classified as blue-collar workers) and gentrification (i.e. the growth of middle class, also called bourgeois). In Poland, those processes took a different course than in the West: they are not only shifted in time, but they also overlap. The article is based on the data from 1991, 2003 and 2013.

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  • Halamska, Maria, 2016. "Processes of Change in the Social Structure of Poland’s Rural Population in the Years 1991–2013," Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, vol. 4(173).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:polvaa:268630
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.268630
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    1. Błąd, Marta, 2009. "Rolnictwo Jako „Przechowalnia” Nadwyżek Siły Roboczej W Okresie Transformacji Systemowej W Polsce," Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, vol. 4(145).
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