ABSTRACT
In Kenya, the debate followed much along the same lines. Colin Leys, Diana Hunt, Michael Cowen and Christopher Leo see the rural landscape as one in which the peasantry is becoming entrenched as a producer of labour for the urban capitalist mode of production, and at the same time a middle peasantry is becoming more securely established. Debates about the nature of change and class structure in rural society have been with since the beginnings of modern political economy. One of the specific instances in which this is important has to do with what kind of rural policy a political party advocates. The chapter describes the nature of activities in which rural households are engaged. It provides an alternative Marxian analytical framework in which to examine the diverse household types. Most household productive activities involve some level of family farming using both family land and family labour.
