Hometown Ties,Production Factors and Integration Forms in the Case of Townsfolk Working in the Same Industry
The phenomenon of townsfolk working in the same industry has both economic and social ramifica-tions.It is actually the result of two-way selection and formation between the economic development needs of different industries and the conditions of different social structures.Based on this perspective,the authors intro-duce the combination model of production factors as a mediating variable,and summarize three ideal types to distinguish the different cases at the economic level.Different modes of combination of production factors pose different requirements on the intensity and form of social support among townsfolk,selecting and shaping their rural social ties.As a result,townsfolk working in the same industry can be divided into three different types of economic-social integration:the loose type,the joint type,and the integrated type,and these three different types have different developmental prospects under the economic wave of capitalization.When things go well,their economic success can have a positive feedback on rural society by strengthening the rural social ties in the pro-cess of industrial operation.It may,however,have a negative feedback by accelerating the dissolution of the rural social bonds.One possible reason for this discrepancy is the difference in the degree of social tightness of the vil-lage communities in the traditional economic period as well as the different values the communities have culti-vated.
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