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kibbutz  

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  • Kibbutz (plural: kibbutzim) is the Hebrew word for communal settlement, and it refers to a particular type of rural community in Israel. The basic principles on which the kibbutz is based are joint ownership of property, social and economic collectivism, cooperation in production, direct democracy, egalitarianism in work, and voluntarism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Kibbutz]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/kibbutz

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