A Cultural Analysis of the Economy of Affection and the Uncaptured Peasantry in Tanzania
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In: The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1, 03.1992, p. 163-175.
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T1 - A Cultural Analysis of the Economy of Affection and the Uncaptured Peasantry in Tanzania
AU - Waters, Tony
PY - 1992/3
Y1 - 1992/3
N2 - Is the ‘economy of affection’, as suggested by Goran Hyden, the key factor determining social relations in East Africa and elsewhere? According to this thesis, both villagers and city-dwellers are tied together in webs of kinship and tribal obligation that mitigate against the accumulation of wealth or capital necessary for the formation of either industrial modes of production or class-based societies. Hyden claims that the high values placed on personal relationships are dependent upon ‘a peasant mode of production’, and that, in the case of Tanzania, their persistence and perseverance has been the most significant factor inhibiting economic development. In short, the ‘smallness’ of the peasantry is a source of power.
AB - Is the ‘economy of affection’, as suggested by Goran Hyden, the key factor determining social relations in East Africa and elsewhere? According to this thesis, both villagers and city-dwellers are tied together in webs of kinship and tribal obligation that mitigate against the accumulation of wealth or capital necessary for the formation of either industrial modes of production or class-based societies. Hyden claims that the high values placed on personal relationships are dependent upon ‘a peasant mode of production’, and that, in the case of Tanzania, their persistence and perseverance has been the most significant factor inhibiting economic development. In short, the ‘smallness’ of the peasantry is a source of power.
KW - Sociology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026447864&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0022278X00007771
DO - 10.1017/S0022278X00007771
M3 - Scientific review articles
AN - SCOPUS:0026447864
VL - 30
SP - 163
EP - 175
JO - The Journal of Modern African Studies
JF - The Journal of Modern African Studies
SN - 0022-278X
IS - 1
ER -