INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE' AND 'ACRO-INDUSTRY' IN THE COMMUNIST CONCEPT

In: Osteuropa, Band 24, Heft 8, S. 560-569

Abstract

ELIMINATING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL LIFE BY INTRODUCING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE WAS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MARXISM. NEGLECT OF ORGANIZATION AND THE ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURE IN COMMUNIST NATIONS LED TO HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION AND MECHANIZATION, INCREASING URBANRURAL DIFFERENCES, SINCE 1970, VERTICAL AS OPPOSED TO HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION HAS BEEN ADVOCATED.