'It's definitely a good time to be a farmer': Understanding the changing dynamics of successor creation in late modern society
dc.contributor.author | Chiswell, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Lobley, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-24T09:49:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-02-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper considers the implications of the wider systemic shift from modernity to late modernity, on the process of intergenerational farm transfer. The paper argues that the shift from the collective to the individual, indicative of late modern society, is particularlypertinent in the context of intergenerational transfer, which has long been rooted in collective thinking. Drawing on the perspectives of incumbent farmers and potential successors, the paper utilises results from semi-structured interviews with 29 farmers and 19 potential successors in Devon, England. Using a thematic analysis, the paper provides a nuanced understanding of the impact of the systemic shift and the associated emphasis on the individual on successor identification. Although the paper reaffirms understanding of successor creation as a collective process, determined by factors such as gender and birth order, it also identifies an emergent cohort of younger potential successors, for whom succession was the outcome of an evaluation of farming as a career. It concludes that, within the case study area, modernization is changing the way in which farm children are identifying themselves as ‘the successor’. The paper suggests how this increasingly judicious approach to succession, leaves reproduction of the family farm increasingly vulnerable to negative externalities. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 1 February 2018 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ruso.12205 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30435 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley for Rural Sociological Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Authors. Rural Sociology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Rural Sociological Society (RSS) This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.title | 'It's definitely a good time to be a farmer': Understanding the changing dynamics of successor creation in late modern society | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0036-0112 | |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Rural Sociology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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