Reciprocal Transactions, Social Capital, and the Transformation of Bedouin Agriculture

摘要

This work attempts to analyze the changing organizational structure of Bedouin agriculture from the 1930s through the 1960s. This period was chosen because it represents a critical moment in time when the Bedouin were first introduced to western agricultural technologies. It was also the period in which rapid social transformations were taking place in the Jordanian Bedouin community. Specifically, we focus on the decline of reciprocal relationships in production and the role that this has had on social capital formation. We focus on agriculture because it is primary to human survival.