CAPITALISM, FAMILY AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review some approaches to family agriculture and the process of commercialization, as well as seek contemporary theoretical contributions to understand that form of social production with markets. It is a theoretical essay and as main conclusion it is highlighted the important contributions of the New Institutional Economics and New Economic Sociology, which, through the concepts of institutions and rooting, explain the relationship of family agriculture with markets.

Keywords

• Teoria Socioeconômica, Agricultura Familiar, Mercados, Nova Economia institucional, Instituições, Nova Sociologia Econômica, Enraizamento.