Social Inequality and Deagrarianization in Rural Change

Deagrarianization describes the variety of alterations and modifications that rural people and communities went through as the global economies developed. Deagrarianization, when viewed as social change, is also a process of social inequality development and transmission. This essay examines how the spatial separation of agrarian operations contributes to the perpetuation of socioeconomic injustices. First, socioeconomic and cultural changes in the countryside establish agricultural territories in accordance with flexible productive specialization, which is one aspect of the socio-territorial differentiation process explored in this study. The ways in which both rural and urban population live are likewise redefined by these developments. Second, shifts in the rural-urban divide result in new socio-territorial links, which entail spatial reconfigurations. The ethno-territorial fragmentation of communities is also linked to rising mobility (migrations and displacements). This paper`s conclusion identifies many deagrarianization-related origins of inequality.