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Ruralité Et Changement Social -.:: UMI E-Learning Université Mohammed V-Agdal Publication de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Rabat Série : Essais et Etudes n° 64 Ruralité et changement social Etudes sociologiques Grigori Lazarev Préface Mohammed Naciri Ruralité et changement social Etudes sociologiques Ruralité et changement social. Etudes sociologiques Auteur : Grigori Lazarev Préface : Mohamed Naciri Série : Essais et Etudes n° 64 Editeur : Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences humaines, Rabat Tous droits réservés à la Faculté (dahir du 29/7/1970) Photo couverture : Présidente de la Coopérative agricole Ariaf Kissane, province de Taounate : sauvegarde des semences d'épeautre Editing et mise en pages : Babel com, Rabat Impression : Edition & Impressions Bouregreg, Rabat ISSN : 1113 0350 ISBN : 978-9981-59-299-5 Dépôt légal : 204 MO 0247 Première édition : 2014 Grigori Lazarev Ruralité et changement social Etudes sociologiques Mars 2014 Du même auteur • Les Politiques agraires au Maroc 1956-2006 : un témoignage engagé, Economie critique, Rabat, 2012. • Les Structures agraires au Maroc : une mise en perspective historique, publication de la Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences humaines de Rabat, série Essais et études n° 62, 2013. Cet ouvrage est publié avec le concours de la Fondation Mémoire pour l’Avenir Sommaire Préface . 7 Introduction . 33 Chapitre 1 : Les concessions foncières au Maroc . 39 1. Les obstacles à la formation des domaines personnels . 42 2. Les concessions d’iqta . 48 3. Les concessions au bénéfice des chorfa et des zawyas . 56 4. Les concessions de tenfida et d’iqta temlik . 64 5. La concession des terres habous . 72 6. L’émergence d’un capitalisme agraire . 76 Chapitre 2 : L’émergence de la propriété domaniale au Maroc avant le Protectorat . 81 1. Le contexte : l’alliance du makhzen et de la bourgeoisie . 82 2. Les propriétaires terriens . 92 3. L’accaparement des terres . 103 Chapitre 3 : Changement social et développement dans les campagnes marocaines. Une réflexion au milieu des années 60 . 123 1. Le changement social . 124 2. La société traditionnelle de référence . 125 3. Les facteurs de transformation sociale des campagnes . 127 4. La prise de conscience du changement social . 134 Chapitre 4 : Comment le Projet Sebou voyait-il le changement dans les campagnes ? . 141 1. Les propositions de développement du Projet Sebou . 143 2. Les paysans du bassin du Sebou . 148 3. L’organisation sociale . 152 4. La distance entre l’Etat et les paysans . 157 5. La participation des populations au développement . 163 6. Les cellules sociales du développement . 165 7. Le groupement des agriculteurs . 169 8. Que devinrent les propositions du Projet Sebou ? . 170 Ruralité et changement social Chapitre 5 : Le salariat agricole des fermes de colonisation. Résultats d'une enquête sur les ouvriers agricoles du Rharb en 1965 . 177 1. Description de la population ouvrière . 180 2. Les attaches rurales des salariés agricoles . 183 3. Les comportements économiques . 186 4. Le niveau de formation . 188 5. La situation professionnelle des salariés agricoles . 188 Tableaux 1 à 60 . 196 Chapitre 6 : Le pastoralisme sur les hauts plateaux de l’Oriental . 213 1. La « population pastorale » . 218 2. État et usage des ressources pastorales . 222 3. Structures sociales et droits sur l’espace pastoral . 233 4. Stratification socio-économique. 247 5. La situation des femmes dans l’Oriental . 253 6. Questions sur l’environnement économique . 258 Chapitre 7 : La ruralité au Maroc au début des années 2000 . 261 1. La profondeur du Maroc rural . 262 2. Une société rurale diversifiée . 269 3. Les ressources humaines du monde rural . 271 4. La stratification sociale des campagnes . 273 5. La ruralité dans la dynamique du changement social . 276 Chapitre 8 : La responsabilisation sociale, condition d’une gestion durable des eaux et des terres . 283 1. Situer le débat . 286 2. Gestion des ressources naturelles et système social . 290 3. La responsabilisation sociale, condition d’une gestion durable des terres et des eaux . 296 Chapitre 9 : Quelle ruralité pour demain ? . 307 1. Ruralité et démographie . 308 2. Ruralité et développement agricole . 313 3. Ruralité, participation et développement local . 326 4. Ruralité, gouvernance et culture administrative . 330 5. Ruralité et changement climatique . 336 Conclusion . 341 6 Préface Par le Professeur Mohamed Naciri Voilà un livre qui va marquer notre représentation de l’évolution du Maroc rural pendant plus d’un siècle. Jamais le Maroc n’a été, pendant cette période, couvert d’autant de recherches, d’études, de travaux, d’enquêtes et de rapports, publiés ou non. Les campagnes et les sociétés rurales ont eu une part privilégiée dans cette quête de savoir, et ces travaux ont énormément contribué à la connaissance de la diversité, par exemple, de leurs structures de parenté, de leurs identités culturelles, de leurs alliances guerrières et politiques et de tant d’autres aspects. Rares cependant ont été les écrits qui se sont attachés à prendre la mesure des changements sociaux dans la longue durée et dans une société rurale aussi diversifiée. C’est ce que Grigori Lazarev a tenté de faire en rassemblant les textes de ce livre, certains publiés sous forme d’articles, d’autres restés inédits, en les inscrivant à la fois dans la durée – sur plus d’un siècle – et dans une réflexion sur ce que signifiaient leurs données et leur succession. Il l’a fait avec les connaissances et la pertinence qui caractérisent son approche intellectuelle. Ce livre que.
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