The inequalities of change in a Greek mountain village (Sterea Hellas: Evritania)
Abstract
The article is based on total of 8 months fieldwork during 1978. in
a 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 wide
societal setting though the changes that occur in them are often une
qual. That is, they take place at different rates and for different
reasons. They may, consequently, result in certain contradictions
(such as the lack of change) at any point in the social setting or in the
functioning of the society in question. They may also bring about cer
tain inequalities-between different segments of society, such as rural
and urban areas.
Here, the article briefly outlines manifestations of. and the reasons
for, the inequalities of change in a particular community in Central
Greece. I wish to suggest that in the Greek social totality the village is
often «short-changed» exactly because changes in it are largely
dependent on processes that go beyond its boundaries. This is
manifested in certain contradictions within the village, for. example,
in the way the «modern» and the «traditional» are combined. The
village makes sense when seen as part of extra-village forces and
events which constitute the properties of wider society. It is in this
perspective that the question why a particular community exists in
the form it does can be assessed.
Article Details
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Collard, A. (1981). The inequalities of change in a Greek mountain village (Sterea Hellas: Evritania). The Greek Review of Social Research, 208–220. https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.577
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