Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 62)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 62)

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structure was undergoing various processes of change. One such process
was the intensification of differentiation amongst the peasantry. This
process involved various forces working simultaneously. During the
First decade of British rule massive land and peasant expropriation
emerged, rendering a large segment of the peasants landless. A_ full
analysis of this process will be provided in Chapter Three.
Peasant differentiation was further enhanced by the introduction of
capital and technology to agricultural production (see Chapter Four).
The competition which accompanied this process took a special toll on
the small scale based agrarian economy. With the further development
of capitalism in agricultural production (see Chapter Five), the
indebtedness of various sections within the peasantry and the
ruination of others was also escalated. The culmination of peasant
differentiation (see Chapter Six) was crystalized by the further
polarization within the Palestinian peasantry and by the emergence of
a strong class of proletarians. Peasant differentiation, however, was
not confined to the economic forces involved in the process. Under
colonial settler forms of rule, economic changes were themselves
facilitated by political, legal, ideological and other mechanisms
which in turn reguire a precise analysis.
Wolpe's thesis that "...the state has been utilized at all times to
secure and develop the capitalist mode of production..." and that
",..racist ideology and policy and the state [were used as] means for
the reproduction of a particular mode of production..." (Wolpe,1980:
293) will be carefully examined. Similarities between the role of the
South African state and the White settlers ideology on the one _ hand
and British colonial rule and the Zionist ideology on the other will
be pointed out in various chapters and particularly in Chapters Five
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Nahla Abdo-Zubi

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