Research in Rural Sociology and Development – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Research in Rural Sociology and Development. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
25 produkter
Dairy Industry Restructuring
Av Andrew P. Davidson, Harry K. Schwarzweller
Inbunden, 2000
1593 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume focuses on the 'dairy problem', a complex issue that relates directly to the agricultural debate of the past two decades and that concerns the socioeconomic well-being and life-chances of many farm families and rural communities in most western societies. Dairy industry restructuring is …
Walking Towards Justice
Democratization in Rural Life
Av M. Bell, Fred T. Hendricks m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1811 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Democracy is back, at least as a topic of concern among rural sociologists. The Neoliberal cast of the recent pursuit of globalization in world politics has led to the development of a wide range of critiques united by the same question: what about democracy? From this perspective, the main issue …
Nature, Raw Materials, and Political Economy
Av Paul S. Ciccantell, David A. Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1811 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The papers in this volume push the study of the multifaceted nature-society relationship and the socioeconomic consequences of human dependence on nature forward in a variety of areas. In the first section, "Theoretical Foundations", the five chapters lay out theoretical models for examining the …
New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development
Av Frederick H. Buttel, Philip D. McMichael
Inbunden, 2005
1738 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Why is global development so unequal in its social impact? How are global relations represented in local developments, and vice versa? What role do social movements play in shaping global development? These are some of the questions animating this state-of-the-art collection of essays. Subdivided …
Between the Local and the Global
Confronting Complexity in the Contemporary Agri-Food Sector
Av Terry Marsden, Jonathan Murdoch
Inbunden, 2006
1646 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The volume presents a range of critical perspectives on the contemporary agri-food sector. The starting point is the recognition that geography matters in agri-food more than ever, and it plays a diverse range of roles in shaping production-consumption relations. With hindsight, it may be argued …
Gender Regimes, Citizen Participation and Rural Restructuring
Av Bettina B. Bock, Ildiko Asztalos Morell
Inbunden, 2007
1621 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume looks at the construction of gendered citizenship in different rural contexts. These contexts represent different welfare state and gender regimes, and different rural/agricultural conditions as characterized in different countryside types. This is a study of gender, citizenship and …
From Community to Consumption
New and Classical Themes in Rural Sociological Research
Av Alessandro Bonanno, Hans Baker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1298 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This edited book contains salient papers presented at the XII World Congress of Rural Sociology held in South Korea in 2008. These papers have been selected for their quality and have undergone a peer review process. The rationale behind this book rests on the desire to share the wealth of research …
Globalization and the Time-space Reorganization
Capital Mobility in Agriculture and Food in the Americas
Av Alessandro Bonanno, Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti
Inbunden, 2011
1284 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume explores capital mobility under globalization by studying some of its salient consequences in agriculture and food in North and South America. It probes the manner in which capital mobility alters the organization of the temporal and spatial dimensions that characterize the reproduction …
Focus on Community
Av Frank A. Fear, Harry K. Schwarzweller
Inbunden, 1986
1186 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With an annual output, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, publishes scholarly content at the cutting edge of rural sociology. Addressing issues such as rural development and growth, globalization, labour relations, agrarian dynamics, and social and personal implications of rural and …
Third World Contexts
Av Harry K. Schwarzweller, Daniel C. Clay
Inbunden, 1987
1186 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With an annual output, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, publishes scholarly content at the cutting edge of rural sociology. Addressing issues such as rural development and growth, globalization, labour relations, agrarian dynamics, and social and personal implications of rural and …
Household Strategies
Av Harry K. Schwarzweller, Daniel C. Clay
Inbunden, 1991
1521 kr
Lägg i varukorg
With an annual output, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, publishes scholarly content at the cutting edge of rural sociology. Addressing issues such as rural development and growth, globalization, labour relations, agrarian dynamics, and social and personal implications of rural and …
Sustaining Agriculture and Rural Communities
Av Thomas A. Lyson, Harry K. Schwarzweller
Inbunden, 1995
1555 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This sixth volume in the series covers a variety of topics in research in rural sociology and development.
Focus on Migration
Av Brendan Mullen, Harry K. Schwarzweller
Inbunden, 1998
1555 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This seventh volume in the series covers a variety of topics in research in rural sociology and development.
Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes
Food Security, Climate Change and the Future Resilience of Global Agriculture
Av Reider Almas, Hugh Campbell
Inbunden, 2012
1312 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For many decades debates about the future of developed world agriculture policy have been dominated by a long political conflict between European/multifunctional policy regimes and the global trend towards trade liberalisation. The stalemate that had emerged between these two positions by 2000 has …
Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide
Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and Its Regulation
Av Kjell Andersson, Erland Eklund m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
554 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had …
Agriculture in Mediterranean Europe
Between Old and New Paradigms
Av Dionisio Ortiz Miranda, Eladio Vicente Arnalte Alegre m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Mediterranean agriculture is by and large envisaged as a landscape of small farms of high nature value producing worldwide recognisable quality food products that make up the basis of the famous Mediterranean diet and shape Southern European cultures. However, the dynamics developing in the …
Labor Relations in Globalized Food
Av Terry Marsden, Josefa Salete Barbosa Cavalcanti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In recent years labor relations have altered significantly and new and more serious forms of labor marginalization and control have emerged. This book looks at labor in agriculture and food in a global era by studying salient characteristics of the conditions and use of labor in global agri-food. …
Alternative Agrifood Movements
Patterns of Convergence and Divergence
Av Douglas H. Constance, Marie-Christine Renard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume explores the issues of convergence and divergence in alternative agrifood movements through a theoretical and empirical engagement of the topic by notable agrifood researchers from Europe, North America and South America. It probes the degree to which the numerous alternative agrifood …
Constructing a new framework for rural development
Av Pierluigi Milone, Flaminia Ventura m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1522 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"This volume seeks to answer modern questions and concerns regarding peasants, their production techniques, and their links to wider society. In the past, peasants and their seemingly simple production models have been criticized for being unable to fully meet the needs of modern society, …
Metropolitan Ruralities
Av Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
During modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. Signs of a new position are the awakened interest in the nature, the authentic and the simple way of …
Transforming the Rural
Global Processes and Local Futures
Av Mara Miele, Vaughan Higgins m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1368 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In recent decades, globalization has transformed rural societies and economies across the world. Much has been written by social scientists about the actors and structures underpinning these transformations and the effects on particular social groups, organizations and industries. Yet, to date much …
Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies
Pathways for a Better Future
Av Sergio Schneider, Potira V. Preiss m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1045 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For the first time in human history, more people inhabit urban than rural areas. Investigating the experience of hunger and malnutrition in urban spaces, Food and Agriculture in Urbanized Societies confronts the persistence of social inequalities, constant waves of economic crises and accelerating …
Innovation for sustainability
Small farmers facing new challenges in the evolving food systems
Av Gianluca Brunori, Stefano Grando
Inbunden, 2020
1172 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Small farms represent important components of food systems and rural areas, as sources of occupation and livelihood, factors of socio-economic diversity, cradles of grass-roots innovation and experimentation. Their capacity to adapt and to contribute positively to societal challenges depends on the …
Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide
Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and Its Regulation
Av Kjell Andersson, Erland Eklund m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1774 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The rural-urban dichotomy is one of the most influential figures of thought in history, laying the foundation for academic disciplines such as rural and urban sociology. The dichotomy rests on the assumption that rural and urban areas differ fundamentally. By the mid-twentieth century, scholars had …
Welfare Reform in Rural Places
Comparative Perspectives
Av Paul Milbourne, Terry Marsden
Inbunden, 2010
1214 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Research on welfare has tended to focus on the national scale with relatively little attention given to the differential impacts of welfare restructuring in rural places and the difficulties faced by disadvantaged groups with limited provision of welfare services in many rural areas. This book …
