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High Modernity, New Agriculture, and Agricultural Cooperatives: A Comment

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  • Gray, Thomas W.

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The rational, consuming individual is from within a particular historical era- high modernity. The collective rationally of his or her consumption drives the larger socio-economic culture in profoundly irrational ways: through personal anxiety, questionable sustainability, and loss of value and community. The industrialization of agriculture extends these dynamics in a manner that fragments more grounded aspects of the larger culture, including family farms and rural communities. Intrinsic to its very nature, the agriculture cooperative is embedded in its member-user-owners like no other business organization. The uniqueness gives it a comparative advantage to mollify some of the disruptive aspects of high modernity.

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  • Gray, Thomas W., 2000. "High Modernity, New Agriculture, and Agricultural Cooperatives: A Comment," Journal of Cooperatives, NCERA-210, vol. 15, pages 1-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlcoop:46412
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46412
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    1. Áine Macken Walsh, 2010. "Agriculture, Rural Development and Potential for a ‘Middle Agriculture' in Ireland," Working Papers 1004, Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc.

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