The inequalities of change in a Greek mountain village (Sterea Hellas: Evritania)
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; No.Special, 1981, pages 208-220
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Les inegalites du changement dans un village montagnard Grec : (Sterea Hellas: Evritanie)
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The article is based on total of 8 months fieldwork during 1978. ina mountain village in Lvrilania. Central Greece.Social change, in its broadest definition, takes place on a number of different levels (the different aspects of social organization: economic,political, social etc.). These levels are interrelated in their widesocietal setting though the changes that occur in them are often une qual. That is, they take place at different rates and for differentreasons. They may, consequently, result in certain contradictions(such as the lack of change) at any point in the social setting or in thefunctioning of the society in question. They may also bring about certain inequalities-between different segments of society, such as ruraland urban areas.Here, the article briefly outlines manifestations of. and the reasonsfor, the inequalities of change in a particular community in CentralGreece. I wish to suggest that in the Greek social totality the village isoften «short-changed» exactly because changes in it are largelydependent on processes that go beyond its boundaries. This ismanifested in certain contradictions within the village, for. example,in the way the «modern» and the «traditional» are combined. Thevillage makes sense when seen as part of extra-village forces andevents which constitute the properties of wider society. It is in thisperspective that the question why a particular community exists inthe form it does can be assessed.
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