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The Research Of Social Supporting Network Of Peasant Family

Posted on:2011-09-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J J HuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167330302455131Subject:Sociology
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As the process of China's modernization to move forward, rural society has undergone tremendous changes in all aspects, from a traditional society to a modern one in transition, from a closed society to an open one in the situation of social transformation.This study used questionnaires and interviews the method of the Qinglou village of West Shanxi peasant family's social supporting network were investigated. Social supporting network includes Emotion supporting network,Discussion network and Finance supporting network.Firstly peasant family emotional supporting network were studied in this article, researchers found that the siae of peasant family's emotional supporting network is smaller, network structure is simple, homogeneity of network is higher, diversity of network is lower and density of network is lower. Through analysis, Emotional support of families have a certain relationship with strong and weak ties,in which weak ties play the role in the mediation of family conflicts and family members worrying, strong ties play the role in other emotional support; Relatives,geographical relationship and job relationship play different role in different types of families.In these types of traditional relationship, Christian in the rural family relationships has also become a major part of the Christian family source of emotional support.Secondly, the discussion of the peasant family network, the study found the siae of peasant family's Discussion network is smaller, network structure is simple, homogeneity of network is higher, diversity of network is lower and density of network is lower.Further analysis, family discussion networks show selective in the strength of the relationship, different things, the family will choose to discuss between different relationship; At the same time,the discussion network vary as the age and occupation of heads of household;In addition, telephone and other communication tools online plays an important role in the family discussion network, the family discussion network has been affected because of the wage economy. Again the peasant family's economic supporting network, the study found the siae of peasant family's Finance supporting network is smaller, network structure is simple, homogeneity of network is higher, diversity of network is lower and density of network is lower r. Through analysis, with the development of market economy, economic rational behavior of farmers have been beginning, concrete expression is that farmers can only borrow money from close relatives and strong family ties, while farmers can only get loans in greater range, so the family's financial support network shows the trend of narrowing and expanding co-exist; differential pattern of theory in the current financial support for farm families have less explanatory power;meanwhile, the socialized household farmers theory, to some extent, can explain the family social support, especially financial support situation.Finally, the analysis based on the three subnets, the article draw the conclusion about peasant family's social supporting network that peasant family's Discussion network is smaller, network structure is simple, homogeneity of network is higher, diversity of network is lower and density of network is lower; the network scale and the network composition show a progression of the relationship among the three subnets of social support network of family farmers, which are emotion supporting network, discussion network, and finance supporting network.; farmers changes in family and social support networks reflect the significant characteristics of the times.
Keywords/Search Tags:Peasant family, Social supporting network, Emotion supporting network, Discussion network, Finance supporting network
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