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Migration and Agriculture
Mobility and change in the Mediterranean area
Av Alessandra Corrado, Carlos de Castro m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
750 kr
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In recent years, Mediterranean agriculture has experienced important transformations which have led to new forms of labour and production, and in particular to a surge in the recruitment of migrant labour. The Mediterranean Basin represents a very interesting arena that is able to illustrate labour …
Political Ecology of Agrofuels
Av Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This book explores the political ecology of agrofuels as an encompassing socio-spatial transformation process consisting of a series of changing contexts, political reconfigurations, and the restructuring of social and labour relations. It includes conceptual chapters as well as case studies from …
Rural Livelihoods, Regional Economies, and Processes of Change
Av Deborah Sick
Häftad, 2019
486 kr
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For centuries, new technologies and expanding networks of production and consumption have been changing the face of rural economies in significant ways. Millions of rural dwellers have found survival increasingly difficult and have fled to urban centres. Others have remained: some retrenching, …
Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets
Av Paul Hebinck, Sergio Schneider m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and …
Land, Poverty and Livelihoods in an Era of Globalization
Perspectives from Developing and Transition Countries
Av A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
3156 kr
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A host of internationally eminent scholars are brought together here to explore the structural causes of rural poverty and income inequality, as well as the processes of social exclusion and political subordination encountered by the peasantry and rural workers across a wide range of countries.This …
Peasants and Globalization
Political economy, rural transformation and the agrarian question
Av A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Cristóbal Kay
Inbunden, 2008
2476 kr
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In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world’s population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmingly retains a rural face. This book assembles an unparalleled group of internationally-eminent scholars in the field of rural development and social …
Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies
Land, Peasants and Rural Poverty in Transition
Av Max Spoor
Inbunden, 2008
2586 kr
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Rural poverty is a phenomenon that is widespread yet often ignored by policy makers and researchers. This edited volume looks critically at rural poverty in Central Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, China and Vietnam in relation to land reform, farm restructuring and the …
Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Rural Development
Conflict and Cooperation in Central Eurasia
Av Murat Arsel, Max Spoor
Inbunden, 2009
2476 kr
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This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the chapters in this volume combine solid …
Land, Poverty and Livelihoods in an Era of Globalization
Perspectives from Developing and Transition Countries
Av A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Saturnino M. Borras Jr. m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
910 kr
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A host of internationally eminent scholars are brought together here to explore the structural causes of rural poverty and income inequality, as well as the processes of social exclusion and political subordination encountered by the peasantry and rural workers across a wide range of countries.This …
Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia
Av Dominique Caouette, Sarah Turner
Inbunden, 2009
762 kr
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Agrarian transformations, market integration and globalization processes are impacting upon rural Southeast Asia with increasingly complex and diverse consequences. In response, local inhabitants are devising a broad range of resistance measures that they feel will best protect or improve their …
Reforming Land and Resource Use in South Africa
Impact on Livelihoods
Av Paul Hebinck, Charlie Shackleton
Inbunden, 2010
2504 kr
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This book debates the emergent proprieties of rural and peri-urban South Africa since land and agrarian reforms were initiated after the transition to democracy in 1994. It explores how these reforms have broadened options for the use of land and natural resources. Reform-minded policies in South …
Peasants and Globalization
Political economy, rural transformation and the agrarian question
Av A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Cristóbal Kay
Häftad, 2010
894 kr
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In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world’s population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmingly retains a rural face. This book assembles an unparalleled group of internationally-eminent scholars in the field of rural development and social …
Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in Transition Economies
Land, Peasants and Rural Poverty in Transition
Av Max Spoor
Häftad, 2010
1186 kr
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Rural poverty is a phenomenon that is widespread yet often ignored by policy makers and researchers. This edited volume looks critically at rural poverty in Central Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia, China and Vietnam in relation to land reform, farm restructuring and the …
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy
Livelihoods in Pastoralist Communities
Av John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2504 kr
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Pastoralists’ role in contemporary Africa typically goes underappreciated and misunderstood by development agencies, external observers, and policymakers. Yet, arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), which are used predominantly for extensive livestock grazing, comprise nearly half of the continent’s land …
Public Policy and Agricultural Development
Inbunden, 2011
2504 kr
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This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives. Examining the experiences of 11 developed countries in their earlier stages of development and the experiences of 10 developing and transition economies …
Social Conflict, Economic Development and the Extractive Industry
Evidence from South America
Inbunden, 2011
2578 kr
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The extraction of minerals, oil and gas has a long and ambiguous history in development processes – in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australasia. Extraction has yielded wealth, regional identities and in some cases capital for industrialization. In other cases its main heritages have …
Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia
Av Dominique Caouette, Sarah Turner
Häftad, 2011
254 kr
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Agrarian transformations, market integration and globalization processes are impacting upon rural Southeast Asia with increasingly complex and diverse consequences. In response, local inhabitants are devising a broad range of resistance measures that they feel will best protect or improve their …
Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries
Theory, Evidence, and Policy
Inbunden, 2015
2578 kr
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There is a striking scarcity of work conducted on rural labour markets in the developing world, particularly in Africa. This book aims to fill this gap by bringing together a group of contributors who boast substantial field experience researching rural wage employment in various developing …
Social Conflict, Economic Development and the Extractive Industry
Evidence from South America
Häftad, 2013
934 kr
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The extraction of minerals, oil and gas has a long and ambiguous history in development processes – in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australasia. Extraction has yielded wealth, regional identities and in some cases capital for industrialization. In other cases its main heritages have …
Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets
Av Paul Hebinck, Sergio Schneider m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
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This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and …
Reforming Land and Resource Use in South Africa
Impact on Livelihoods
Av Paul Hebinck, Charlie Shackleton
Häftad, 2013
849 kr
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This book debates the emergent proprieties of rural and peri-urban South Africa since land and agrarian reforms were initiated after the transition to democracy in 1994. It explores how these reforms have broadened options for the use of land and natural resources. Reform-minded policies in South …
Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Rural Development
Conflict and Cooperation in Central Eurasia
Av Murat Arsel, Max Spoor
Häftad, 2013
874 kr
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This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and environmental security in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the chapters in this volume combine solid …
Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus
Political Economies and Rural Realities of (un)Comfortable Bedfellows
Av Bram Büscher, Veronica Davidov
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions. Existing academic and policy literatures generally overlook the phenomenon of ecotourism in areas concurrently …
Rural Livelihoods, Regional Economies, and Processes of Change
Av Deborah Sick
Inbunden, 2014
1517 kr
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For centuries, new technologies and expanding networks of production and consumption have been changing the face of rural economies in significant ways. Millions of rural dwellers have found survival increasingly difficult and have fled to urban centres. Others have remained: some retrenching, …
Social Conflict, Economic Development and the Extractive Industry
Evidence from South America
E-bok, 2011
1074 kr
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The extraction of minerals, oil and gas has a long and ambiguous history in development processes – in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australasia. Extraction has yielded wealth, regional identities and in some cases capital for industrialization. In other cases its main heritages have …
Social Conflict, Economic Development and the Extractive Industry
Evidence from South America
E-bok, 2011
1074 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The extraction of minerals, oil and gas has a long and ambiguous history in development processes – in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australasia. Extraction has yielded wealth, regional identities and in some cases capital for industrialization. In other cases its main heritages have …
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy
Livelihoods in Pastoralist Communities
Av John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
1004 kr
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Pastoralists’ role in contemporary Africa typically goes underappreciated and misunderstood by development agencies, external observers, and policymakers. Yet, arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), which are used predominantly for extensive livestock grazing, comprise nearly half of the continent’s land …
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy
Livelihoods in Pastoralist Communities
Av John G. McPeak, Peter D. Little m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
983 kr
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Pastoralists’ role in contemporary Africa typically goes underappreciated and misunderstood by development agencies, external observers, and policymakers. Yet, arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), which are used predominantly for extensive livestock grazing, comprise nearly half of the continent’s land …
Political Ecology of Agrofuels
Av Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the political ecology of agrofuels as an encompassing socio-spatial transformation process consisting of a series of changing contexts, political reconfigurations, and the restructuring of social and labour relations. It includes conceptual chapters as well as case studies from …
Public Policy and Agricultural Development
Häftad, 2014
1009 kr
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This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives. Examining the experiences of 11 developed countries in their earlier stages of development and the experiences of 10 developing and transition economies …
