Farm succession in modern Ireland: elements of a theory of inheritance

Kennedy, Líam

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1991.tb01275.x

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“…Ownership of land has traditionally held great value not just as a source of economic selfsufficiency but also a source of social status and power within rural communities (Shortall, 1997, Kennedy, 1999. Although the symbolism of the land has declined somewhat in recent decades, farmland still holds great value, well beyond its economic worth.…”

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the sense of responsibility extended beyond the nuclear family to the extended family -to past and future generations. Kennedy (1999) conceptualises this as a complex web of exchange relationships involving different generations of the same family. He argues that there are economic, social and emotional costs and benefits accruing to both the successor and the owner in this system.…”

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He argues that there are economic, social and emotional costs and benefits accruing to both the successor and the owner in this system. The position of landowner is one of some power within the family and the community, associated with the control of property (Shortall, 1997), and the ability to confer bequests (Kennedy, 1999). One of the benefits for the successor is the economic value of the inheritance, but it also entails certain responsibilities and obligations to other family members (Shortall, 1997, Kennedy, 1999.…”

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The position of landowner is one of some power within the family and the community, associated with the control of property (Shortall, 1997), and the ability to confer bequests (Kennedy, 1999). One of the benefits for the successor is the economic value of the inheritance, but it also entails certain responsibilities and obligations to other family members (Shortall, 1997, Kennedy, 1999. By the twenty-first century, it could be argued that the economic power associated with farm-ownership has been reduced, but the sense of responsibility in relation to custodianship of the family farm persists.…”

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘You're Not a Man at All!’: Masculinity, Responsibility, and Staying on the Land in Contemporary Ireland

Laoire

2005

Irish Journal of Sociology

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This paper explores some of the competing pressures at work in the lives of a particular group of Irish men, that is, young male farmers working in different types of farming regions in Ireland. As the economic and social landscape of farming is undergoing transformation, reducing the attractiveness and viability of farming as an occupation, there is, simultaneously, a strong association between constructions of farming masculinity and staying on the land. The paper explores some of these tensions. Farming masculinities are bound up with a sense of cultural and familial responsibility, which is attached to maintaining the family farm, but it is increasingly difficult to fulfil these responsibilities in the current environment. This can lead to stress and anxiety on the part of young farmers. It is argued that the construction and negotiation of farming masculinity is spatially contingent, reflecting local and regional geographies of gender.

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Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Responsibility 2: Custodian Of Family Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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‘You're Not a Man at All!’: Masculinity, Responsibility, and Staying on the Land in Contemporary Ireland

Laoire

2005

Irish Journal of Sociology

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“…Individual resilience -of the male farm owner or patriarch specificallyhas been a notable characteristic of family farming. This is illustrated quite clearly in the sense of prestige associated with maintaining farm individuality and privacy (Kennedy, 1991;Crowley, 2006;Macken-Walsh, 2009;Cassidy and McGrath, 2014). The esteem associated with independence is underpinned by strong patriarchal relations within Irish farm households, where male identity is informed by a pronounced sense of duty, responsibility and ownership (Shortall, 1997;Shortall, 2014).…”

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The Potential for Joint Farming Ventures in Irish Agriculture: A Sociological Review

Cush

Macken‐Walsh

2016

European Countryside

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Joint farming ventures (JFVs) are promoted within Irish and EU policy discourses as strategies that can enhance the economic and social sustainability of family farming.Research has shown that JFVs, including arrangements such as farm partnerships, contract rearing and share farming, can potentially enable farmers to work cooperatively to improve farm productivity, reduce working hours, facilitate succession, develop skills and improve relationships within the farm household. In the context of increasing policy promotion of JFVs, there is a need to make some attempt at understanding the macro socio-cultural disposition of family farming to cooperation. Reviewing sociological studies of agricultural cooperation and taking a specific focus on the Irish contextual backdrop, this paper draws the reader's attention to the importance of historical legacy, pragmatic economic and social concerns, communicative norms, inter-personal relationships, individualism and, policy and extension stimuli, all of which shape farmers' dispositions to cooperation and to JFVs specifically.

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Children needs and childcare: an illustration of how underappreciated social and economic needs shape the farm enterprise

Becot,

Inwood

2024

Agric Hum Values

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Farm succession in modern Ireland: elements of a theory of inheritance

Cited by 19 publications

References 12 publications

‘You're Not a Man at All!’: Masculinity, Responsibility, and Staying on the Land in Contemporary Ireland

‘You're Not a Man at All!’: Masculinity, Responsibility, and Staying on the Land in Contemporary Ireland

The Potential for Joint Farming Ventures in Irish Agriculture: A Sociological Review

Children needs and childcare: an illustration of how underappreciated social and economic needs shape the farm enterprise

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