Rural communities / rural life Books
Cornell University Press Bang Chan
Book SynopsisBang Chan traces the changing cultural characteristics of a small Siamese village during the century and a quarter from its founding as a wilderness settlement outside Bangkok to its absorption into the urban spread of the Thai capital. Rich in ethnographic detail, the book sums up the major findings of a pioneering interdisciplinary research...Trade ReviewBang Chan is a delight to read. The authors have a good narrative style and an eye for detail—not just detail to exemplify but detail to humanize their characters, to relate Bang Chan to the wider world. What a pleasure it is to follow these two guides along the route from Bangkok to Bang Chan, along that rural community’s busy canals, and back again to the big city. Our authors know how to make the trip an absorbing, entertaining, and easy one, no small feat when the journey is scholarly as well. -- John A. Larkin * Journal of Asian History *
£40.50
Cornell University Press Journeys from Childhood to Midlife
Book SynopsisIn a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of...
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Power of Everyday Politics
Book SynopsisOrdinary people's everyday political behavior can have a huge impact on national policy: that is the central conclusion of this book on Vietnam. In telling the story of collectivized agriculture in that country, Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet uncovers a...Trade Review"Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet again enlarges our understanding of subaltern agency and politics. This splendid volume is a great tribute to the capacity of Vietnamese villagers to doggedly defend their basic interests and restrict the options of elites. The Power of Everyday Politics is also a great tribute to Kerkvliet as the political analyst and ethnographer of this important struggle. It is an essential contribution to Southeast Asian studies and to our understanding of socialist bloc agriculture and of the 'other' struggle of the Vietnamese people." -- James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology and Director, Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University"The Power of Everyday Politics makes an important contribution to peasant studies by introducing readers to the Vietnamese experience in collective farming. In a superbly researched book, Kerkvliet demonstrates the vital importance of everyday political behavior on the shape of national policy. The result is not only an insightful examination of Vietnamese peasants and collective farming, but also a revised picture of Vietnam's political system and the interactions between state and society." -- Lynne Viola, University of Toronto, author of Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance
£43.20
Cornell University Press Border Work
Book SynopsisThrough an ethnography of social and spatial practice at the limits of the state, this book explores the contested work of producing and policing "territorial integrity" when significant stretches of new international borders remain to be conclusively demarcated or effectively policed.Trade ReviewIn Border Work, Madeleine Reeves brings a granular ethnographic analysis to the daily practices that surround the border between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikstan as it snakes its way up and down through the remote Ferghana Valley.... She interprets the habitual transgressive acts of border-dwellers who negotiate, appeal to, assert, or bribe their way through the border not as acts of resistance towards a coherent sovereign state, but rather as participating in a particular kind of border work, in which the territorial state is both invoked and undermined.... An important contribution to the anthropology of borders. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Madeleine Reeves does an excellent job of contextualizing the meaning of border and statehood. Perhaps most crucially, her work encourages reflections on how we might push further the collaboration between political anthropology and political science. * The Russian Review *Madeline Reeves' Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia is an important contribution to the literature on borders and borderland cultures. It also makes an important methodological contribution and presents to the reader what Clifford Geertz refers to as 'thick description’ of what goes into the making of a border. The most striking aspect of the book is the vivid descriptions of the complex geography in Central Asia, which is brought forth through a careful choice of words and articulated with the help of lucid semantics. * Border Criminologies: Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford *Madeline Reeves's Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia details the intersections of interests, state authority, and boundaries between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan in the southern Ferghana region. Highlighting the urge to have determinant borders while remaining conflicted over "anxieties about what a demarcated and barbed wire–bounded state might mean in practice" (249), this work provides compelling insights into how residents of a border region reconstruct spatial realities while negotiating shifting economic, social, and political terrains. Through a wide variety of ethnographic portraits, detailed observations of changing market patterns, and the careful examination of residents’ constructing and adjusting perceptions of legality and illegality, Reeves’s account of this highly contentious region is able to delve deeply into a specific border region while maintaining theoretical linkages to the studies of boundaries, the limitations of state administrative control, identity, and mobility across the globe. * Slavic Review *Reeves embraces complexity, illustrating widely varied experiences of the border through captivating accounts of Tajiks and Kyrgyz who live in this zone of boundaries.... Reeves's engaging storytelIing and thoughtful analysis are compelling reasons for a wide audience of those interested in post-Soviet Central Asian states and peoples, as well as ethnographers, human geographers, and scholars of borders and frontiers. * International Journal of Turkish Studies *Reeves puts this very rich ethnographic material into critical conversation with a broad range of theory, working across numerous boundaries of a different kind: those between academic disciplines. What emerges is an original argument about the productivity of borders: a rethinking, through the prism of these particular 'margins' of the state, of how space is turned into territory, how sovereignty is produced through daily impersonations and improvisations at the border, and how state-formation is forever a work-in-progress. Border Work is essential for anyone interested in theorising and critiquing the state and sovereignty, as well as for all students of the politics of space. It offers a set of novel, incisive arguments grounded in first-class ethnography. Finally, thanks to Reeves's light and elegant prose, the book is a page-turner. A must-read. * Allegra: A Virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology *Reeves's book will be read with much interest not only by scholars of post-Soviet Central Asia, but also by those interested in borderland and borderscape, critical cartography, postcolonial geographies and anthropologies, gender studies (there is a good, short discussion on women, reproductive rights, and borders), and ethnographic modelling.... This book is a clarion call 'border work’ that stretches our disciplinary, gender, historical, and political worlds and imaginations. These are challenges for those in the social sciences and humanities, but also those who study ‘border’ healthcare, policy, security, development and environmental awareness. * Central Asian Survey *Reeves's fascinating insights on the Ferghana Valley borderlands bespeak of the systematic, long-term, on-site fieldwork that she has carried out, but also of her genuine personal interest and commitment to listen to and to understand the lives of her interlocutors. In the course of the book, we meet border guards, traders, farmers, taxi drivers, teachers, NGO workers, demobilized soldiers.... Her theoretically informed analysis draws on case studies from very different geographical and historical settings. This approach encourages comparison and makes the book relevant far beyond the field of Central Asian Studies.... Border Work is a brilliant ethnography which has much to offer to those interested in the state and its borders. * Society and Space *Reeves's thorough analysis of the processes and practices of the socio-politics that comprise the continual creation and recreation of borders makes a significant contribution to the anthropological investigation of the state. Her close attention to the temporal trajectory leading to the current political complexities in the southern Ferghana Valley... make this book specifically valuable to specialists of Central Asia. In general, however, this clearly written book is of great interest to any lecturers and students interested in political anthropology, borderland studies, and globalization. * Social Anthropology *Other anthropologists have already done important work in de-essentializing the state. Reeves builds on their insights, confidently inserting her own analytical voice in the ongoing conversations. The book's main strength... lies in the author's exceptional weaving of theory with meticulous ethnographic detail. * Polar: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: On Border Work 1. Locations: Place and Displacement in Southern Ferghana 2. Delimitations: Ethno-Spatial Fixing in the Twentieth Century 3. Trajectories: Mobility and the Afterlives of Internationalism 4. Gaps: Working a "Chessboard" Border 5. Impersonations: Manning the Border, Enacting the State 6. Separations: Conflict and the Escalation of Force Conclusion
£97.20
Cornell University Press The Old Faith and the Russian Land
Book SynopsisThe Old Faith and the Russian Land is a historical ethnography that charts the ebbs and flows of ethical practice in a small Russian town over three centuries. The town of Sepych was settled in the late seventeenth century by religious dissenters who fled to the forests of the Urals to escape a world they believed to be in the clutches of the Antichrist. Factions of Old Believers, as these dissenters later came to be known, have maintained a presence in the town ever since. The townspeople of Sepych have also been serfs, free peasants, collective farmers, and, now, shareholders in a post-Soviet cooperative. Douglas Rogers traces connections between the town and some of the major transformations of Russian history, showing how townspeople have responded to a long series of attempts to change them and their communities: tsarist-era efforts to regulate family life and stamp out Old Belief on the Stroganov estates, Soviet collectivization drives and antireligious campaigns, and tTrade ReviewRogers's narrative includes useful connections of his discussion to larger problems of scholarship on Old Believers and the anthropology of Russia more generally. His prose is engaging, accessible, and a pleasure to read, so the book should be appropriate for a wide range of undergraduate teaching as well as more specialized audiences. -- Alexander King * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *This is a beautiful book that asks large questions of multiple sources on one small community. It deserves a readership far beyond scholars of Russia or socialism. -- Sonja Luehrmann * Journal of Anthropological Research *Douglas Rogers has written a pathbreaking work of historical anthropology that should become standard reading for historians and other social scientists. Sensitive to religious and economic contexts, he charts the history of the town of Sepych in the western Perm region over the longue durée, beginning with the creation of the priestless Old Believer settlement in the late seventeenth century and ending in the post-Soviet era. Without ignoring the peculiar circumstances that serfdom and ownership by the Stroganov family imposed on the community, Rogers analyzes three major turning points brought about by shifting economic relationships and, in two cases, political change: capitalist modernization after emancipation, which created a schism in the Old Believer community; the imposition of socialism and central planning in the Soviet era; and finally the introduction of global capitalism upon the Soviet Union's demise.... In its goal of moving beyond generalizations about peasant societies as tradition bound, backward, collective, isolated, and centers of resistance, the monograph succeeds brilliantly. * Christine Worobec *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ethics, Russia, HistoryPart I. An Ethical Repertoire1. In Search of Salvation on the Stroganov Estates2. Faith, Family, and Land after EmancipationPart II. The Generations and Ethics of Socialism3. Youth: Exemplars of Rural Socialism4. Elders: Christian Ascetics in the Soviet CountrysidePart III. Struggles to Shape an Emergent Ethical Regime5. New Risks and Inequalities in the Household Sector6. Which Khoziain? Whose Moral Community?7. Society, Culture, and the Churching of Sepych8. Separating Post-Soviet Worlds? Priestly Baptisms and Priestless FuneralsEpilogueBibliographyIndex
£29.45
University of Toronto Press Contingent Work Disrupted Lives Labour and
Book SynopsisThe new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and ultimately causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain.
£49.50
University of Toronto Press Contingent Work Disrupted Lives
Book SynopsisContingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the ''grassroots'' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people''s lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and Leach give considerable attention to th
£29.70
University of Nebraska Press Drylands a Rural American Saga
Book SynopsisFocusing on Adams County in the Columbia Plateau in eastern Washington, Drylands, a Rural American Saga is a pictorial essay documenting the reality underlying the American self-portrait. Both an exception to and a paradigm of the country's agricultural folkways, Adams County offers a panorama of rolling cropland, sagebrush scree, and deep coulees.Trade Review“Drylands is a beautiful, soulful exploration of an ordinary place made extraordinary through the words and pictures of two accomplished craftsmen. It is evocative of the best collaborations between writers and artists who explore rural America, going beyond a simple elegy for rural life and choosing instead to frame Adams County as both a unique place and a proving ground for the dynamic and complex changes reshaping American agriculture and small towns across the nation. It will be a compelling book for many audiences.”—Matthew Klingle, author of Emerald City: An Environmental History of SeattleTable of Contents
£20.89
Stanford University Press Private Life under Socialism
Book SynopsisFor seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as an ordinary farmer. In 1989, he returned to the village as an anthropologist to begin the unparalleled span of eleven years' fieldwork that has resulted in this booka comprehensive, vivid, and nuanced account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China from 1949 to 1999. The author's focus on the personal and the emotional sets this book apart from most studies of the Chinese family. Yan explores private lives to examine areas of family life that have been largely overlooked, such as emotion, desire, intimacy, privacy, conjugality, and individuality. He concludes that the past five decades have witnessed a dual transformation of private life: the rise of the private family, within which the private lives of individual women and men are thriving. Trade Review"When Yunxiang Yan's first book, The Flow of Gifts, was published in 1996 it was immediately clear that a new leading scholar of contemporary Chinese society had entered the scene. Yan's second book Private Life Under Socialism richly delivers on the promise of his first. This new book is, in fact, very much a companion volume to The Flow of Gifts. Together, they constitute a uniquely rich ethnography of the intimate details of social life as lived and experienced in the village where Yan himself spent 15 years of his life before becoming an anthropologist." -- China Quarterly"The best ethnography of rural China in the 1990s, this important book is about a rarely explored but central dimension of Chinese family life. Yan also places his study of private life directly in the center of classic debates about the character and importance of corporate kinship. It takes years of sharing villagers' lives to see beneath the surface. Yan lived it, and he brings deep understanding to both the narrative and the analysis." -- Deborah Davis * Yale University *"Beautifully crafted, this study provides a sobering look at changes in rural Chinese family life, while shedding rare light on the inner moral and emotional world of the Chinese villager." -- Population and Development Review"In probably the best micro-examination of Chinese society in transition, Yan goes beyond the three conventional topologies of treating the Chinese family as a cultural, economic, and political unit. His focus on the personal and emotional aspects of Chinese families separates this book from the conventional emphasis on structure and collectivism." -- H.T. Wong * Eastern Washington University *"...a thought provoking book..." -- American Historical Review" . . . Yan contributes tremendously to the field of China studies by empirically countering a number of its dominant and discriminatory assumptions." -- Canadian Journal of History"Throughout this well-researched and highly original book, Yan has once again demonstrated his unusual ethnographic sensitivity and fine ability to capture the multilayered micropolitics of changing rural social life." -- Journal of Asian Studies"While the majority of the world views contemporary China as the single most formidable economic force on the planet, threatening to define a new age, anthropologists of China are taking a characteristically contrary approach by studying the deeply personal and emotional social worlds of various Chinese communities . . . Yan directly challenges the entrenched theory of the Chinese family as a corporate enterprise in which the the economic self-interest of the domestic group is the driving force of development." -- Matthew Z. Noellert * Anthropological Quarterly *"This may well prove to be the finest rural ethnography of a Chinese village ever written. By focusing on the emotional domain, Yan invites his readers to engage ethnographically in a new domain of scholarly exploration and analysis. In so doing, he has made the Chinese more human. It is a wonderful study." -- William Jankowiak, University of Nevada * Las Vegas *"This ethnographic study should be in every academic library." * Library Journal *
£77.35
Stanford University Press Private Life under Socialism
Book SynopsisFor seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as an ordinary farmer. In 1989, he returned to the village as an anthropologist to begin the unparalleled span of eleven years' fieldwork that has resulted in this booka comprehensive, vivid, and nuanced account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China from 1949 to 1999. The author's focus on the personal and the emotional sets this book apart from most studies of the Chinese family. Yan explores private lives to examine areas of family life that have been largely overlooked, such as emotion, desire, intimacy, privacy, conjugality, and individuality. He concludes that the past five decades have witnessed a dual transformation of private life: the rise of the private family, within which the private lives of individual women and men are thriving. Trade Review"When Yunxiang Yan's first book, The Flow of Gifts, was published in 1996 it was immediately clear that a new leading scholar of contemporary Chinese society had entered the scene. Yan's second book Private Life Under Socialism richly delivers on the promise of his first. This new book is, in fact, very much a companion volume to The Flow of Gifts. Together, they constitute a uniquely rich ethnography of the intimate details of social life as lived and experienced in the village where Yan himself spent 15 years of his life before becoming an anthropologist." -- China Quarterly"The best ethnography of rural China in the 1990s, this important book is about a rarely explored but central dimension of Chinese family life. Yan also places his study of private life directly in the center of classic debates about the character and importance of corporate kinship. It takes years of sharing villagers' lives to see beneath the surface. Yan lived it, and he brings deep understanding to both the narrative and the analysis." -- Deborah Davis * Yale University *"Beautifully crafted, this study provides a sobering look at changes in rural Chinese family life, while shedding rare light on the inner moral and emotional world of the Chinese villager." -- Population and Development Review"In probably the best micro-examination of Chinese society in transition, Yan goes beyond the three conventional topologies of treating the Chinese family as a cultural, economic, and political unit. His focus on the personal and emotional aspects of Chinese families separates this book from the conventional emphasis on structure and collectivism." -- H.T. Wong * Eastern Washington University *"...a thought provoking book..." -- American Historical Review" . . . Yan contributes tremendously to the field of China studies by empirically countering a number of its dominant and discriminatory assumptions." -- Canadian Journal of History"Throughout this well-researched and highly original book, Yan has once again demonstrated his unusual ethnographic sensitivity and fine ability to capture the multilayered micropolitics of changing rural social life." -- Journal of Asian Studies"While the majority of the world views contemporary China as the single most formidable economic force on the planet, threatening to define a new age, anthropologists of China are taking a characteristically contrary approach by studying the deeply personal and emotional social worlds of various Chinese communities . . . Yan directly challenges the entrenched theory of the Chinese family as a corporate enterprise in which the the economic self-interest of the domestic group is the driving force of development." -- Matthew Z. Noellert * Anthropological Quarterly *"This may well prove to be the finest rural ethnography of a Chinese village ever written. By focusing on the emotional domain, Yan invites his readers to engage ethnographically in a new domain of scholarly exploration and analysis. In so doing, he has made the Chinese more human. It is a wonderful study." -- William Jankowiak, University of Nevada * Las Vegas *"This ethnographic study should be in every academic library." * Library Journal *
£19.79
Stanford University Press Village Governance in North China
Book SynopsisA study of village governance in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China that reinterprets peasant behavior, village community, and state-society relations.Trade Review"This is truly a well-written book on China's village governance, a very good example of combining theory, first-hand materials and sophisticated analysis. Even though Li is cautious in extending his arguments into other areas and epochs, this book still helps shed new light to the traditional Chinese local governance." -- Journal of Chinese Political Science"This book is a hugely informative study of the changing relation between villages and the state during the late Qing and early Republican periods . . . for anyone hoping to do research in this field it will be essential reading." -- China Review InternationalTable of ContentsTable of Contents for Village Governance in North China, 1875-1936 List of Maps and Tables Preface 1. Introduction Part 1.A Local Practices 2. The Setting 3. Cooperation and Control in the Peasant Community 4. Rules, Self-Interest, and Strategies 5. Tax Collection 6. Land and Tax Administration Part 2.A New Changes after 1900 7. Power, Discourse, and Legitimacy 8. Cooperation and Conflict over Village Schools 9. Elite Activism 10. Village Reorganization 11. Uncovering "Black Land" 12. Conclusion Notes Character List References Index
£63.00
University of Pennsylvania Press Faith in Flux
Book SynopsisPentecostalismAfrica's fastest growing form of Christianityis known for displacing that which came before. Yet anthropologist Devaka Premawardhana witnessed neither massive growth nor dramatic rupture in the part of Mozambique where he worked. His research opens a new paradigm for the study of global Christianity, one centered on religious fluidity and existential mobility, and on how indigenous traditions remain vibrant and influentialeven in the lives of converts.In Faith in Flux, Premawardhana narrates a range of everyday hardships faced by a rural Makhuwa-speaking peoplesnakebites and elephant invasions, chronic illnesses and recurring wars, disputes within families and conflicts with the stateto explore how wellbeing sometimes entails not stability but mobility. In their ambivalent response to Pentecostalism, as in their historical resistance to sedentarization and other modernizing projects, the Makhuwa reveal crucial insights about what it is to be human: about cTrade Review"This fascinating and unique book is the result of Devaka Premawardhana'sjourney of nearly one year to explore the local response to the recent arrivalof Pentecostal churches in northern Mozambique . . . [A] rich and inspiring book, which should be read by anyone interested in African Studies and anthropology of Christianity." * African Studies Review *"Who would have thought that a book set in the middle of what is considered a quite remote location even in Mozambique-the Makhuwa area of Niassa Province-could so eloquently address important concerns relating to Pentecostalism and the enigma of change in Africa, in anthropology, and more generally? This gem of a book executes such a challenging task in highly original ways . . . [B]eautifully and compellingly written . . . Premawardhana has written a book that should-and will-have a broad impact." * Journal of Religion in Africa *"Literatures tied to themes of migration, refugees, religious conversion, and phenomenology are all brought to bear expertly. Analysis of the fluidity of rural Mozambicans' relationship to Pentecostal churches and teachings is enriched with sparing application of well-chosen theories. The author accomplishes this with nuance, and utmost respect for the human experiences that command his attention." * International Journal of African Historical Studies *"Beautifully and brilliantly written . . . an existential ethnography of the Makhuwa people of Northern Mozambique, a meditation on colonialism, globalization, modernity and the nature of Pentecostalism, a critique of cultural theory, and a fascinating narrative of 'snakebites and elephant invasions, chronic illnesses and recurring wars, disputes within families and conflicts with the state.'" * Nova Religio *"This book, no doubt, adds new, unique, and refreshing insight to the ever-growing research and publications on Pentecostalism. Not only does it examine Pentecostalism in a place where it had not been studied extensively, it does so by means of time-tested anthropological methods and theoretical frameworks. This unique approach and the vivid and enthralling narrative style make this book a must-read." * Journal of World Christianity *""Faith in Flux reminds us how intensive fieldwork and rich ethnography are not only what define anthropology but also what anthropologists draw on to challenge theoretical assumptions and make their voices heard in scholarly debates . . . Faith in Flux should be recommended not only to scholars of Christianity and Africanists but also to undergraduate and graduate students of anthropology."" * Anthropological Quarterly *"Premawardhana's book is a pleasure to read, as he seamlessly weaves the theoretical discussion into his intriguing vignettes. He discusses his own presence and reception with the people among whom he lived in a way that established credible ethnographic authority. Whether the reader is interested in constructions of conversion, Christianity and cultural adaptation, or the impact of transnational Pentecostalism in local communities, Premawardhana's work provides a valuable and detailed case study." * Pneuma *"Faith in Flux brilliantly realizes the potential of ethnography not only to illuminate other lifeworlds but to offer incisive critiques of current theoretical assumptions in religious studies and the social sciences. In lucid and enthralling prose, Devaka Premawardhana takes us deep into the world of the Makhuwa, offering new ways in which global Christianity, tradition, mobility, conversion, and social change may be understood." * Michael Jackson, author of How Lifeworlds Work: Emotionality, Sociality, and the Ambiguity of Being *"Faith in Flux is a beautifully written and theoretically novel book that focuses on a geographical area that has been severely neglected in the anthropological record. Devaka Premawardhana amply illustrates the idea that radical renewal is neither foreign to traditional societies nor necessarily a byproduct of globalization, modernization, or Pentecostal conversion." * Ilana van Wyk, University of Cape Town *"Intersecting the study of Pentecostalism, modernity, and globalization with insights from existential anthropology, especially bodily dispositions toward mobility, Faith in Flux is a book that will no doubt lead anthropologists of Christianity to view their own work in a new light. Devaka Premawardhana challenges scholars to rethink the idea of religious conversion as a profound rupture with the past." * Sonia Silva, Skidmore College *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. Othama—To Move Chapter 1. A Fugitive People Chapter 2. Between the River and the Road PART II. Ohiya ni Ovolowa—To Leave and to Enter Chapter 3. Border Crossings Chapter 4. Two Feet In, Two Feet Out PART III. Okhalano—To Be With Chapter 5. A Religion of Her Own? Chapter 6. Moved by the Spirit Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
£70.55
MW - Rutgers University Press Of Forests and Fields Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
Book SynopsisJust looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers.Trade Review"Sifuentez cogently analyzes approximately seventy years of Pacific Northwest labor history… Scholars and students (both undergraduate and graduate) will find this richly told story illuminating."— The Journal of American History "Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project addressing one of the most important social and cultural developments in recent history."— David Gutierrez, professor of history, University of California, San Diego "Sifuentez has written a terrific book exploring the struggles of Mexican farm and forest laborers, documented and undocumented, in the northwest from World War II to the turn of the century. This is first-rate labor and environmental history attentive to the types of work performed by his subjects, the tensions between laborers and growers, and the role of pro-business state authorities... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."— Choice "This book’s greatest strength is that it covers many different topics in a comparatively brief space. Consequently, it would serve as an excellent supplemental text for courses focused on the American West, labor, immigration, Chicana/o studies, and the modern US survey."— H-Net "Mario Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history."— Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography "Of Forests and Fields is an important work that should be read by those interested in immigrant rights and Chicano, environmental, and labor history."— Pacific Northwest Quarterly "An elegant and engaging history of Mexican-ancestry labor in the Pacific Northwest....Well organized and well written. This book should be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the long history of Mexican-ancestry people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest more broadly. It is written in a clear and engaging way that should appeal to college instructors, informed readers, and the general public." — Oregon Historical Quarterly "Of Forests and Fields provides a detailed and fascinating account of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest between the 1940s and the mid-1990s... Sifuentez has paved the way for scholars to more readily engage with the ways in which Mexican and Mexican American labor fits into a larger environmental history of the United States."— H-Environment "A much-needed history of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the state of Oregon....The most thorough examination of the evolution of Mexican labor in Oregon."— Historical Pacific ReviewTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2 Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3 The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4 Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5 “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6 Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . . Notes Index
£27.90
Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press Of Forests and Fields Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States
Book SynopsisJust looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants. Of Forests and Fields tells the story of these workers.Trade Review"Sifuentez cogently analyzes approximately seventy years of Pacific Northwest labor history… Scholars and students (both undergraduate and graduate) will find this richly told story illuminating."— The Journal of American History "Of Forests and Fields is a significant and timely historical project addressing one of the most important social and cultural developments in recent history."— David Gutierrez, professor of history, University of California, San Diego "Sifuentez has written a terrific book exploring the struggles of Mexican farm and forest laborers, documented and undocumented, in the northwest from World War II to the turn of the century. This is first-rate labor and environmental history attentive to the types of work performed by his subjects, the tensions between laborers and growers, and the role of pro-business state authorities... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."— Choice "This book’s greatest strength is that it covers many different topics in a comparatively brief space. Consequently, it would serve as an excellent supplemental text for courses focused on the American West, labor, immigration, Chicana/o studies, and the modern US survey."— H-Net "Mario Sifuentez gives voice to the stories, struggles, and strengths of Mexican laborers in the fields of the Northwest, illuminating in engaging, human terms an important slice of history."— Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography "Of Forests and Fields is an important work that should be read by those interested in immigrant rights and Chicano, environmental, and labor history."— Pacific Northwest Quarterly "An elegant and engaging history of Mexican-ancestry labor in the Pacific Northwest....Well organized and well written. This book should be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the long history of Mexican-ancestry people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest more broadly. It is written in a clear and engaging way that should appeal to college instructors, informed readers, and the general public." — Oregon Historical Quarterly "Of Forests and Fields provides a detailed and fascinating account of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest between the 1940s and the mid-1990s... Sifuentez has paved the way for scholars to more readily engage with the ways in which Mexican and Mexican American labor fits into a larger environmental history of the United States."— H-Environment "A much-needed history of Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in the state of Oregon....The most thorough examination of the evolution of Mexican labor in Oregon."— Historical Pacific ReviewTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2 Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3 The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4 Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5 “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6 Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . . Notes Index
£105.40
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Community Economics
Book SynopsisThis Complete revision of Dr. Shaffer''s classic Community Economics provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of economic structure in small communities and urban neighborhoods of America. Authors Shaffer, Deller, and Marcouiller review the economics of smaller communities with continued emphasis on how to build and achieve theoretically sound community economic development policy. The text also demonstrates how local participation and knowledge can be used to identify problems, form solutions, and maintain community support for long-term goals. The main body of economic research and literature has neglected the economics of smaller communities. Community Economics: Linking Theory and Practice fills that information void. This text serves as a comprehensive guide on smaller, open economies and urban neighborhoods for economists, regional planners, rural sociologists, and geographers. Additionally, Community Economics is an issue-oriented handbooTrade Review"This edition succeeds...in ways very few other attempts have achieved. Concepts are applied, models explained, principles are richly explicated, and themes are well developed, all in a fashion that really draws economic theory and literature into their regional and community contexts. Even those with only a cursory exposure to the economic theory of local development will find sections of the book highly readable and extremely useful." "Not unlike the original edition, Community Economics will find a place in the classroom...for it is, simply put, as good grounding in economic theory placed in a practical context as any I have read." Mark B. Lapping, University of Southern Maine in Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 46, No.4, 2006Table of ContentsForeword. Preface.. Section I: Community Economic Development Theory. 1. Defining Community Economic Development. 2. Growth Theory. 3. Space and Community Economics. 4. Concepts of Community Markets.. Section II: Community Factor Markets. 5. Land Markets. 6. Labor Markets. 7. Financial Capital Markets. 8. Technology and Innovation. 9. Nonmarket Goods and Services: Amenities. 10. Local Government and Public Goods.. Section III: Institutions and the Art of Community Economics. 11. Institutions and Society. 12. Policy Modeling and Decision-Making. 13. The Practice of Community Economic Development.. Section IV: Tools of Community Economics. 14. Descriptive Tools of Community Economic Analysis. 15. Inferential Tools of Community Economic Analysis: fixed-Price Models. 16. Inferential Tools of Community Economic Analysis: Price: Endogenous Models. 17. Looking to the Future. References. Index.
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University of Arizona Press Demons and Development The Struggle for Community in a Sri Lankan Village Hegemony and Experience
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University of Arizona Press Where the Dove Calls
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University of Arizona Press Lives of Dust and Water An Anthropology of Change and Resistance in Northwestern Mexico
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University of Minnesota Press When the Hills Are Gone Frac Sand Mining and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Thomas W. Pearson takes us to the front lines of one of the great under-reported environmental issues in America today—how the fracking industry’s hunger for sand is impacting rural Wisconsin. His deep research and intimate portraits of people on all sides of the controversy make this an important and timely read for anyone concerned about our country’s environment, natural resources, and what happens when the needs of big business collide with those of ordinary citizens."—Vince Beiser, award-winning journalist"A masterful blend of stories and scholarship that will be the definitive account of a major environmental justice issue. Thomas W. Pearson is fair-minded and unflinching as he traces the erasure of place and the scramble to salvage community and democracy."—Adam Briggle, author of A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking"When the Hills Are Gone is a riveting, sobering story about local democracy at the whipped-around tail-end of the frack-driven oil and gas boom that has rocked the United States since the turn of the millennium. The writing is lively and reflective—deftly portraying the many micro-tactics through which local democracy can be undercut and the many kinds of people working against this in rural Wisconsin. This is critical reading for understanding contemporary politics on the ground."—Kim Fortun, University of California, Irvine"The churning engine of the global energy economy always touches down in local places, sometimes to brutal effect. Thomas W. Pearson provides a compelling and deeply personal story of one such place, the sand hills of Wisconsin. Both an ethnography and a study of state and local politics, When the Hills Are Gone richly describes community divisions and sudden activism in places where disruptive environmental change is ongoing."—Paul Robbins, director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison"For scholars, activists, and students seeking understanding of mining and rural politics in the United States, this book will be essential reading." —Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Magic Mineral1. Save Our Hills2. Low Hanging Fruit3. Dangers Unseen4. Where You Live5. Neighbors6. In Pursuit of Local Democracy7. Confronting the Next BoomAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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University of Alabama Press They Live on the Land Life in an Opencountry Southern Community Library of Alabama Classics
Trade ReviewFirst published in 1940 as part of the information-gathering effort of the TVA, the work examines Gorgas, Alabama, a predominantly white farming settlement. Hailed as the most intensive case study ever made in the South, the book provides a detailed portrait of southern rural life on the verge of extinction. - Florida Historical Quarterly ""One of the finest examples of the genre of the community survey... the book is remarkably free of special pleading. And every chapter is packed with fascinating data and insights. The University of Alabama Press is to be congratulated for reissuing this splendid community study; the volume fits the description of a classic. And Clarence L. Mohr's introduction alone is worth the price of the volume."" - Journal of Southwest Georgia History
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MD - Duke University Press Between the Guerrillas and the State
Book SynopsisHow small-scale coca growers came together to oppose an eradication campaign by the Colombain governmentTrade Review“Between the Guerrillas and the State is a must-read for those hoping to make sense of the Colombian quagmire. One of that country’s most prominent anthropologists, María Clemencia Ramírez, has a keen ethnographic sensibility and a deep knowledge of the social dynamics of the Colombian Amazon. Her book opens a window onto the complexities of the Colombian conflict in a way that few English-language publications have.”—Joanne Rappaport, author of Intercultural Utopias: Public Intellectuals, Cultural Experimentation, and Ethnic Pluralism in Colombia“A meticulous account of how coca growing plays out in the labyrinth of southern Colombia, this book, by a seasoned Colombian anthropologist, illuminates the plight of the peasant no less than the double-talk promulgated by the unwinnable War on Drugs.”—Michael Taussig, Class of 1933 Professor, Columbia University“Brimming over with ethnographic and historical insights, this outstanding book speaks to central questions about social movements, violence, democratization, and the implementation of neoliberal policies in extremely poor regions. María Clemencia Ramírez looks at a grassroots social movement brought about by unlikely actors, rural farmers known as cocaleros, who grow and process coca (the main ingredient in cocaine) in order to survive. The cocaleros clamored for attention from a nearly absent state, which dismissed them, demonizing them as criminals. The irony is unmistakable, for the cocaleros’ claims-making deployed rhetorics coming straight out of neoliberal discourses that speak of citizen responsibility, participatory democracy, and self-actualization. Between the Guerrillas and the State is a brilliant study of neocolonialism at work in a very violent part of southern Colombia.”—Jean E. Jackson, co-editor of Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America“It is refreshing to read accounts of grassroots resistance to the bullying of national governments that regard citizens as obstacles…. This compelling book makes a valuable contribution to the study of social movements while providing a nuanced understanding of what is really at stake when politicians in countries such as Colombia uncritically accept the narratives and agenda mouthed incessantly by their northern paymasters.” * Latin American Review of Books *“Between the Guerrillas and the State is...a rich and much-needed addition to our understanding of contemporary Colombia.” -- Robert Karl * Hispanic American Historical Review *“Between the Guerrillas and the State constitutes an insightful reminder that the 'political world' is rich with local and cultural meanings that are usually ignored in debates about public policy.” -- Ingrid Bolivar * EIAL *“In Between the Guerrillas and the State, Maria Clemencia Ramirez has written an excellent analytical description of the cocalero movement in the Putumayo province in the Colombian Amazon during the 1990s.” -- Carmenza Gallo * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction 1 1. History of Colonization, Marginalization, and the State: Guerrillas, Drug Trafficking, and Paramilitarism in the Colombian Amazon 21 2. Coca and the War on Drugs in Putumayo: Illegality, Armed Conflict, and the Politics of Time and Space 54 3. Turning Civic Movements into a Social Movement: Antecedents of the Cocalero Social Movement 86 4. The Cocalero Social Movement: Stigmatization and the Politics of Recognition and Identity 110 5. Negotiations with the Central Government: Clashing Visions over the "Right to Have Rights" 134 6. Competing States or Competing Governments? An Analysis of Local State Formation in a Conflict-Ridden Zone 167 7. From Social to Political Leadership: Gaining Visibility as Civil Society in the Midst of Increased Armed Conflict 183 8. Plan Colombia and the Depoliticization of Citizenship in Putumayo 214 Epilogue 233 Appendixes 239 Notes 254 References 283 Index 297
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Duke University Press Challenging Social Inequality
Book SynopsisIn Challenging Social Inequality, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars and development workers explores the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to Brazil's sharply unequal agrarian structure.Trade Review"Challenging Social Inequality is the most comprehensive study to date of the agrarian question in Brazil and of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers, the social movement that has challenged land concentration, social inequality, and poverty in Brazil since the mid-1980s. The contributors, most of whom are Brazilian, examine the movement's history, organization, and strategies, and its interaction with the state, political parties, and other social movements. In addition, Miguel Carter addresses complex and controversial issues in the introduction and conclusion, further expanding our understanding of contemporary Brazil."—Leslie Bethell, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford"This collection offers as definitive a history of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers as is now possible. The contributors examine the movement's founding and rapid expansion in every state; its conflicts with landowners and political authorities; its methods, grassroots practices, and achievements in seeking to impart the arts of husbandry, equality, and democracy to the rural third of the nation, which is largely landless, hungry, and bereft of the means of citizenship. Challenging Social Inequality is a complete guide to a social movement of enormous importance, one comparable to the civil rights movement in the United States particularly with respect to its capacity to mobilize, raise consciousness, and bring about change."—Ralph Della Cava, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University"Carter’s 2015 volume is the most comprehensive and extensive treatment of the MST to date, bringing together prominent scholars that have been working with and conducting research on the MST over the past three decades." -- Rebecca Tarlau * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"The interdisciplinary nature of the collection—featuring geographers, anthropologists, and sociologists, as well as political scientists—offers readers many well-researched, diverse theoretical perspectives on the largest social movement active in Latin America. The various chapters from Brazilian scholars will acquaint readers with first-rate social science scholarship that Carter himself translated from the original Portuguese. This volume is the most complete book on what can be considered Latin America’s most innovative social movement." -- Anthony Pahnke * Perspectives on Politics *"[W]ell written, clearly organized, and based on significant and in-depth research conducted at different times and across politically and ecologically diverse places. Chapters are linked by a clear, shared focus on social inequality and a similar yet geographically and temporally grounded manifestation and analysis of problems and struggles.” -- Cathy A. Rakowski * Rural Sociology *"Challenging Social Inequality shows disciplinary and scholarly breadth. . . . This volume—launched early in the [Worker's Party] decline—contributes greatly to post-2018 political debates and MST history writ large." -- Travis Knoll * The Latin Americanist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix List of Figures, Maps, and Tables xiii List of Abbreviations xvii An Overview / Miguel Carter xxiii 1. Social Inequality, Agrarian Reform, and Democracy in Brazil / Miguel Carter 1 Part I. The Agrarian Question and Rural Social Movements in Brazil 2. The Agrarian Question and Agribusiness in Brazil / Ghilherme Costa Delgado 43 3. Rural Social Movements, Struggles for Rights, and Land Reform in Contemporary Brazilian History / Leonilde Sérvolo de Medeiros 68 4. Churches, the Pastoral Land Commission, and the Mobilization for Agrarian Reform / Ivo Poletto 90 Part II. MST History and Struggle for Land 5. The Formation and Territorialization of the MST in Brazil / Bernardo Mançano Fernandes 115 6. Origins and Consolidation of the MST in Rio Grande do Sul / Miguel Carter 149 7. Under the Black Tarp: The Legitimacy and Dynamics of Land Occupations in Pernambuco / Lygia Maria Sigaud 182 8. From Posseiro to Sem Terra: The Impact of MST Land Struggles in the State of Pará / Gabriel Ondetti, Emmanuel Wambergue, and José Batista Conçalves Afonso 202 Part III. MST's Agricultural Settlements 9. The Struggle on Land: Source of Growth, Innovation, and Constant Challenge for the MST / Miguel Carter and Horacio Martins de Carvalho 229 10. Rural Settlements and the MST in São Paulo: From Social Conflict to the Diversity of Local Impacts / Sonia Maria P. P. Bergamasco and Luiz Antonio Cabello Noder 274 11. Community Building in an MST Settlement in Northeast Brazil / Elena Calvo-González 293 12. MST Settlements in Pernambuco: Identity and the Politics of Resistance / Wendy Wolford 310 Part IV. The MST, Politics, and Society in Brazil 13. Working with Governments: The MST's Experience with the Cardoso and Lula Administrations / Sue Branford 331 14. The MST and the Rule of Law in Brazil / George Mészáros 351 15. Beyond the MST: The Impact on Brazilian Social Movements / Marcelo Carvalho Rosa 375 16. Challenging Social Inequality: Contention, Context, and Consequences / Miguel Carter 390 Epilogue. Broken Promise: The Land Reform Debacle Under the PT Governments / Miguel Carter 413 References 429 Contributors 469 Index 473
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Duke University Press Challenging Social Inequality
Book SynopsisIn Challenging Social Inequality, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars and development workers explores the causes, consequences, and contemporary reactions to Brazil's sharply unequal agrarian structure.Trade Review"Challenging Social Inequality is the most comprehensive study to date of the agrarian question in Brazil and of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers, the social movement that has challenged land concentration, social inequality, and poverty in Brazil since the mid-1980s. The contributors, most of whom are Brazilian, examine the movement's history, organization, and strategies, and its interaction with the state, political parties, and other social movements. In addition, Miguel Carter addresses complex and controversial issues in the introduction and conclusion, further expanding our understanding of contemporary Brazil."—Leslie Bethell, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford"This collection offers as definitive a history of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers as is now possible. The contributors examine the movement's founding and rapid expansion in every state; its conflicts with landowners and political authorities; its methods, grassroots practices, and achievements in seeking to impart the arts of husbandry, equality, and democracy to the rural third of the nation, which is largely landless, hungry, and bereft of the means of citizenship. Challenging Social Inequality is a complete guide to a social movement of enormous importance, one comparable to the civil rights movement in the United States particularly with respect to its capacity to mobilize, raise consciousness, and bring about change."—Ralph Della Cava, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University"Carter’s 2015 volume is the most comprehensive and extensive treatment of the MST to date, bringing together prominent scholars that have been working with and conducting research on the MST over the past three decades." -- Rebecca Tarlau * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *"The interdisciplinary nature of the collection—featuring geographers, anthropologists, and sociologists, as well as political scientists—offers readers many well-researched, diverse theoretical perspectives on the largest social movement active in Latin America. The various chapters from Brazilian scholars will acquaint readers with first-rate social science scholarship that Carter himself translated from the original Portuguese. This volume is the most complete book on what can be considered Latin America’s most innovative social movement." -- Anthony Pahnke * Perspectives on Politics *"[W]ell written, clearly organized, and based on significant and in-depth research conducted at different times and across politically and ecologically diverse places. Chapters are linked by a clear, shared focus on social inequality and a similar yet geographically and temporally grounded manifestation and analysis of problems and struggles.” -- Cathy A. Rakowski * Rural Sociology *"Challenging Social Inequality shows disciplinary and scholarly breadth. . . . This volume—launched early in the [Worker's Party] decline—contributes greatly to post-2018 political debates and MST history writ large." -- Travis Knoll * The Latin Americanist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix List of Figures, Maps, and Tables xiii List of Abbreviations xvii An Overview / Miguel Carter xxiii 1. Social Inequality, Agrarian Reform, and Democracy in Brazil / Miguel Carter 1 Part I. The Agrarian Question and Rural Social Movements in Brazil 2. The Agrarian Question and Agribusiness in Brazil / Ghilherme Costa Delgado 43 3. Rural Social Movements, Struggles for Rights, and Land Reform in Contemporary Brazilian History / Leonilde Sérvolo de Medeiros 68 4. Churches, the Pastoral Land Commission, and the Mobilization for Agrarian Reform / Ivo Poletto 90 Part II. MST History and Struggle for Land 5. The Formation and Territorialization of the MST in Brazil / Bernardo Mançano Fernandes 115 6. Origins and Consolidation of the MST in Rio Grande do Sul / Miguel Carter 149 7. Under the Black Tarp: The Legitimacy and Dynamics of Land Occupations in Pernambuco / Lygia Maria Sigaud 182 8. From Posseiro to Sem Terra: The Impact of MST Land Struggles in the State of Pará / Gabriel Ondetti, Emmanuel Wambergue, and José Batista Conçalves Afonso 202 Part III. MST's Agricultural Settlements 9. The Struggle on Land: Source of Growth, Innovation, and Constant Challenge for the MST / Miguel Carter and Horacio Martins de Carvalho 229 10. Rural Settlements and the MST in São Paulo: From Social Conflict to the Diversity of Local Impacts / Sonia Maria P. P. Bergamasco and Luiz Antonio Cabello Noder 274 11. Community Building in an MST Settlement in Northeast Brazil / Elena Calvo-González 293 12. MST Settlements in Pernambuco: Identity and the Politics of Resistance / Wendy Wolford 310 Part IV. The MST, Politics, and Society in Brazil 13. Working with Governments: The MST's Experience with the Cardoso and Lula Administrations / Sue Branford 331 14. The MST and the Rule of Law in Brazil / George Mészáros 351 15. Beyond the MST: The Impact on Brazilian Social Movements / Marcelo Carvalho Rosa 375 16. Challenging Social Inequality: Contention, Context, and Consequences / Miguel Carter 390 Epilogue. Broken Promise: The Land Reform Debacle Under the PT Governments / Miguel Carter 413 References 429 Contributors 469 Index 473
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Fordham University Press Between Heaven and Russia Religious Conversion
Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic fieldwork in Appalachia, this book examines conversion to Russian Orthodoxy and political alignment with Russian conservative politics by contemporary rural American citizens.Table of ContentsPreface | xi List of Abbreviations and Terms | xv Introduction: East of Appalachia: The New Russian Turn in American Christianity | 1 1 Foreign Faith in a Foreign Land: A Discursive History of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States | 23 2 Church of God: Traditionalism, Authenticity, and Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in Appalachia | 37 3 America the Beautiful: Of Guns, God, and Vodka | 64 4 Port of the Tsar: Material Monarchism and the End of Days | 82 5 Palace of Putin: Political Ideologies in Orthodox Appalachia | 107 6 A People Set Apart: Intra-Community Politics and Regionalism | 135 7 The “Holler Feast”: Spiritual Geographies and Temporalities | 161 Conclusion: In Soviet America, Russia Converts You! | 179 Epilogue | 185 Acknowledgments | 195 Notes | 199 Works Cited | 249 Index | 275
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University of Hawai'i Press Doing Fieldwork in Japan
Book SynopsisThis volume taps the expertise of North American and European specialists on the practicalities of conducting long-term research in the social sciences and cultural studies. Here, they discuss their successes and failures doing fieldwork across rural and urban Japan in a wide range of settings.Trade ReviewAn important and fascinating volume for experts on other world regions who plan to include Japan in their multi-sited research projects. - Kay B. Warren, Harvard University
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CABI Publishing Rural Gender Relations
Book SynopsisThis book explores the gender effects of the current transformation of agriculture and rural life. Five themes are addressed: developments in rural gender theory and research methodology; changes in farm households; migration patterns of men and women in rural areas; the impact of national and international policies; and the construction of identities and definitions of femininity and masculinity as a result of rural change. Contributors include scholars from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.Table of Contents1: Introduction: Rural Gender Studies in North and South Part I: Gender and Farming 2: Gender and Farming: An Overview 3: Gender Relations and Livelihood Strategies 4: Commodity Production and Farm Women's Work 5: Farm Women in Slovenia 6: The Informalization of Farm Employment 7: Women and Sustainable Agriculture 8: Gender at the Border Part II: Gender and Rural Migration 9: Gender and Rural Migration: An Overview 10: The Gendered Impact of Drought 11: Rural Idylls or Boring Places? 12: Rural Immigrations and Female Employment Part III: Gender and Rural Politics 13: Gender and Rural Politics: An Overview 14: Gender and Rural Development Budgets 15: Collective Action among Rural Women in India 16: CAP Regulations and Farm Household Relations Part IV: Rurality and Gender Identity 17: Rurality and Gender Identity: An Overview 18: Rural Women and the Environment 19: Economic Status and Gender Roles 20: Rural Health and Well-Being 21: Embodying Family Farm Work 22: Queer Countryside Revisited Part V: Conclusions 23: Conclusions - Future Directions
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CABI Publishing Rural Tourism and Recreation
Book SynopsisThe decline in agricultural and other forms of rural employment in developed countries has created a need for a diversified range of rural businesses. Tourism and recreation are recognized as prime contributors to this process. This book reviews both the theory and practice of rural tourism and recreation. Including numerous case studies and contributions from both academics and practitioners, it illustrates how small enterprises can create and adapt products and markets.Table of Contents1: Social Construction L Roberts and D Hall 2: Indicators of rural well-being: A Copus and M MacLeod, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), UK 3: Hosts, friends and relatives in rural Scotland: VFR tourism market relationships explored: S Boyne, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), UK 4: The 'S' Word L Roberts and D Hall 5: Sustainable rural tourism development: ideal or idyll? R Sharpley, University of Northumbria, UK 6: Managing L Roberts and D Hall 7: National policy for 'rural tourism': the case of Finland:M Nylander, Rural Policy Committee, Finland 8: Access and Land Management: F Simpson, Land Use Consultants, UK 9: The roles of interpretation in facilitating access to and in the countryside: L Roberts, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), UK and G Rognvaldsson, Holar Agricultural College, Iceland 10: Embedding Rural Tourism Development L Roberts and D Hall 11: Extending the information society beyond urban locations: prospects and reality: S Grimes, National University of Ireland, Republic of Ireland 12: The role of rural gastronomy in tourism: J Bessiere, University of Toulouse le Mirail, France 13: Partnership approaches in rural development: L Roberts and F Simpson 14: A Sideways Look at Tourism Demand L Roberts and D Hall 15: The Nature of Supply or the Supply of Nature? L Roberts and D Hall 16: Adventure tourism - a journey of the mind: D Grant, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), UK 17: Cycling tourism: L Lumsdon, Staffordshire University, UK 18: Where Demand Meets Supply: Markets for Rural Tourism and Recreation L Roberts and D Hall 19: Letter from an academic practitioner: B Lane, University of Bristol, UK 20: The importance of micro-businesses in European tourism: V T C Middleton, UK 21: Quality rural tourism, niche markets and imagery: quality products and regional identity: F Williams, The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), UK 22: Synthesis and Conclusions A: Key Texts B: Index
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CABI Publishing Rural Aquaculture
Book SynopsisAquaculture for both finfish and shellfish is expanding rapidly throughout the world. It is regarded as having the potential to provide a valuable source of protein in less developed countries and to be integrated into the farming systems and livelihoods of the rural poor.This book addresses key issues in aquaculture and rural development, with case studies drawn from several countries in South and South-East Asia. Papers included cover topics ranging from production and technical issues (such as pond culture and rice field fisheries) to social aspects and research and development methodology. The book has been developed from a meeting of the Asian Fisheries Society. It is aimed at all concerned with aquaculture and rural development.Table of ContentsA: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT 1: The rice field catch and rural food security, R Gregory and H Guttman 2: Developing appropriate interventions for rice fish cultures, R Gregory and H Guttman 3: A framework for research into the potential for integration of fish production in irrigation systems, F Murray, D C Little, G Haylor, M Felsing, J Gowing and S S Kodithuwakk B: INTEGRATION WITH AGRICULTURE 4: Economics and adoption patterns of integrated rice-fish farming in Bangladesh, M V Gupta, J D Sollows, M A Mazid, A Rahman, M G Hussain and M M Dey 5: Promotion of small-scale pond aquaculture in the Red river delta, Vietnam, L T Luu, P V Trang, N X Cuong, H Demaine,P Edwards and J Pant 6: Eco-technological analysis of fish farming households in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, F Pekar, N V Be, D N Long, N V Cong, D Tridung and J Olah 7: Aquaculture for diversification of small farms within forest buffer zone management: an example from the uplands of Quirino province, Philippines, M Prein, R Oficial, M A Bimbao and T Lopez C: SPECIALISED AND INTENSIVE SYSTEMS 8: A description of the rice-prawn-fish systems of Southwest Bangladesh, G Chapman and J Abedin 9: Fertilization of ponds with inorganic fertilizers: low cost technologies for small-scale farmers, J Pant, P Promthong, C K Lin and H Demaine 10: Improved management of small-scale tropical cage culture systems in Bangladesh: potential benefits of an alliance between an NGO and a western research institute, K I Mc Andrew, C Brugere, M C M Beveridge, M J Ireland, T K Roy and K Yesmin 11: Towards sustainable development of floating net cage culture for income security in rural Indonesia: a case study of common carp production at Lake Maninjau, A Munzir and F Heidhues D: SEED 12: Promoting aquaculture by building the capacity of local institutions: developing fish seed supply networks in the Lao PDR, D Lithdamlong, E Meusch and N I Taylor 13: Carp seed production for rural aquaculture at Sarakana village in Orissa: a case study, Radheyshyam 14: Freshwater fish seed quality in Asia D C Little, A Satapornvanit and P Edwards 15: Genetic technologies focused on poverty? A case study of genetically improved tilapia (GMT) in the Philippines, G C Mair, E J Morales, R C Sevilleja and G J C Clark E: SOCIAL ASPECTS 16: Small-scale fish culture in Northwest Bangladesh - a participatory appraisal focusing on the role of tilapias, B K Barman, D C Little and P Edwards 17: Culture of small indigenous fish species in seasonal ponds in Bangladesh: the potential for production and impact on food and nutrition security, N Roos, S H Thilsted and Md A Wahab 18: Gender division of labour in integrated agriculture/aquaculture of Northeast Thailand, S Setboonsarng F: DEVELOPMENT MODELS 19: Farmer-managed trials and extension of rural aquaculture in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, N T Phong, D N Long, L Varadi, Z Jeney and F Pekar 20: Improving the efficiency of aquaculture extension activity in the southeastern provinces of Southern Vietnam, N V Tu and T T Giang 21: The effectiveness of a model fisheries village approach to aquaculture. Extension in Northwest Bangladesh, M Islam and N Mardall 22: Participatory development of aquaculture extension materials and their effectiveness in transfer of technology: the case of the AIT Aqua Outreach Programme, Northeast Thailand, D Turongruang and H Demaine G: GENERAL DISCUSSION 23: Issues in rural aquaculture, P Edwards, D C Little and H Demaine
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CABI Publishing Local Partnerships for Rural Development
Book SynopsisThis book has been developed from a report of the cross-national 'PRIDE' (Partnerships for Rural Integrated Development in Europe) research project. The research focused on the public and private sector rural development experience of six member states of the European Union, namely Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Partnerships and Local Rural Development 3: The Research Objectives 4: Literature Review And Theoretical Framework 5: The Emergence Of Partnerships - A 1999 Perspective 6: The Impact Of Partnerships - A 1999 Perspective 7: A 2002 'Postscript' to the Literature Review 8: A Theoretical Perspective 9: From Theory to a Research Programme 10: Methodology - And The Execution Of The Research 11: The Overall Research Design 12: The Method of the 'Extensive Survey' 13: The Method of Selecting the 24 Case-Study Partnerships 14: The Method of the Study of the Practice of Partnership 15: The Method of the Study of the Impact of Partnership 16: The Method of the Feedback Survey 17: The Method of the Final Synthesis 18: The Findings Of The Extensive Survey 19: Republic of Ireland 20: Germany 21: Spain 22: Italy 23: United Kingdom 24: Finland 25: Sweden 26: The Extensive Survey Results Viewed from a European Perspective: A Descriptive Overview 27: A Typology of Local Partnerships for Integrated Rural Development In Europe 28: The Findings Of The Study of Practice 29: The Main Features of the Partnerships Studied 30: The Practice of Rural Partnership in the United Kingdom 31: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Sweden 32: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Finland 33: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Germany 34: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Spain 35: The Practice of Rural Partnership in Italy 36: The Origin and Composition of the Partnerships, and Partner Involvement; a European Perspective 37: Key Elements in the Organisation and Operation of the Partnerships- A European Perspective 38: The 'Adding of Value' to Local Development - A European Perspective 39: Key Weaknesses in the Practice of Partnerships - A European Perspective 40: The Findings Of 'The Study of Impact' 41: The Effects of the Partnership Approach - A European Analysis 42: The Determinants of the Effects of the Partnership Approach - A European Analysis 43: Determinants and Effects from the Six National Perspectives 44: The Impact Study; Some Concluding Comments 45: Validation; the 'Feedback Survey'. 46: Conclusions And Recommendations 47: The Focus of the Chapter 48: What are the Key Characteristics of Rural Development Partnerships? 49: What Impact Have Partnerships Had on Rural Development? 50: What Factors Have Significantly Influenced the Effectiveness of Partnerships in Impacting upon Rural Development? 51: Recommendations - What Measures Would Improve the Effectiveness of Local Partnerships in Promoting Rural Development? 52: References and Select English Language Bibliography 53: Appendices
£86.94
CABI Publishing African Food Crisis
Book SynopsisWhy can Asia now feed its rapidly growing population, but Africa continues to experience famine? This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on case studies of eight African and eight Asian countries (focusing on the early part of the Green Revolution), this book presents a causal and explanatory model of Asian green revolutions. It discusses why such progress has been made in Asia, but has not yet occurred in Africa. It also examines the implications of the case studies for future development in Africa.Trade Review"Drawing on three years of research by African and Asian specialists, involving study of secondary data, interviews with key individuals, and questioning over 3000 households in more than 100 villages, this is an important study deserving critical attention from the agricultural development community." New Agriculturalist, 2005"Table of Contents1: African Food Crisis - The Relevance of Asian Experiences, G Djurfeldt, H Holmen, M Jirstrom and R Larsson 2: Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development, G Djurfeldt 3: The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia, M Jirström 4: The Puzzle of the Policy Shift - The Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines, G Djurfeldt and M Jirström 5: Spurts in Production - Africa's Limping Green Revolution, H Holmén 6: The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa, H Holmén 7: Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production - Evidence from Micro Level, R Larsson 8: From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: The Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes, S Haggblade, IFPRI, Zambia 9: The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution, T Akande, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria 10: Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya Was Not Sustained, W Oluoch-Kosura and J T Karugia, University of Nairobi, Kenya 11: From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment - Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania, A C Isinika, G C Ashimogo and J E D Mlangwa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania 12: Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana, A W Seini and V K Nyanteng, University of Ghana, Ghana 13: Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa, K Otsuka, and T Yamano, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Japan 14: Conclusions and a look ahead, T Akande, G Djurfeldt, H Holmén and A Isinika
£108.90
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Persistent Callings Seasons of Work and Identity
Book SynopsisUsing the cultural history of Oregon's Nestucca Valley as a case study, Taylor illustrates the wisdom of seasonal labour, the complex relationships between work and identity, and the resilience of rural economics across a century of almost continual change.
£21.21
Cornell University Press First MajorityLast Minority
Book Synopsis
£16.14
Edward Elgar Publishing Handbook on Rural and Remote Education
Book SynopsisThis essential Handbook presents international research on rural and remote education. With contributions from authors across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas, the Handbook on Rural and Remote Education explores major challenges in diverse contexts and suggests innovative strategies for future development.
£213.75
John Wiley & Sons Inc Rural Populations and Health
Book SynopsisHealth-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation''s more than 60 million rural residents. Rural Populations and Health provides an overview of the critical issues surrounding rural health and offers a strong theoretical and evidence-based rationale for rectifying rural health disparities in the United States. This edited collection includes a comprehensive examination of myriad issues in rural health and rural health care services, as well as a road map for reducing disparities, building capacity and collaboration, and applying prevention research in rural areas. This textbook offers a review of rural health systems in Colorado, Kentucky, Alabama, and Iowa, and features contributions from key leaders in rural public health throughout the United States. Rural Populations and Health examines vital health issues such as: Health assessment Strategies for building rural coalitions Promoting rural Table of ContentsTables and Figures vii Foreword xiiiCiro V. Sumaya The Prevention Research Centers Program xv Acknowledgments xvii The Editors xix The Contributors xxi Part 1 Rural Communities in Context 1 1 Understanding Rural America: A Public Health Perspective 3Richard A. Crosby, Monica L. Wendel, Robin C. Vanderpool, Baretta R. Casey, Laurel A. Mills 2 Defining Rurality 23L. Gary Hart, Baretta R. Casey 3 History of Rural Public Health in America 39Amy L. Elizondo, Alan Morgan 4 The Depth of Rural Health Disparities in America:The ABCDEs 51James E. Florence, Robert P. Pack, Jodi Southerland, Randolph F. Wykoff Part 2 Rural Public Health Systems 73 5 Public Health Systems, Health Policy, and Population-Level Prevention in Rural America 75Angela L. Carman, F. Douglas Scutchfield 6 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Colorado 95Julie A. Marshall, Lisa N. VanRaemdonck 7 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Kentucky 115Baretta R. Casey 8 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Alabama 135Theresa A. Wynn, Mona N. Fouad 9 Rural Public Health Systems: A View from Iowa 151Faryle Nothwehr, Lauren Erickson, Ulrike Schultz Part 3 Health Partnerships in Rural Communities 169 10 Health Assessment in Rural Communities: A Critical Organizing and Capacity-Building Tool 171James N. Burdine, Heather R. Clark, Lindsay J. Shea, Bernard Appiah, Chelsie N. Hollas 11 Strategies for Building Coalitions in Rural Communities 191Michelle C. Kegler, Frances D. Butterfoss 12 Capacity Building in Rural Communities 215Monica L. Wendel, Angie Alaniz, Brandy N. Kelly, Heather R. Clark, Kelly N. Drake, Corliss W. Outley, Whitney Garney, Keli Dean, Lyndsey Simpson, Britt Allen, Hon. Pam Finke, Teresa Harris, Vicky Jackson, Hon. Dean Player, Albert Ramirez, Hon. Mike Sutherland, Camilla Viator, E. Lisako J. McKyer, Julie A. St. John, Kenneth R. McLeroy, James N. Burdine Part 4 Evidence-Based Practice in Rural Communities 235 13 Promoting Adolescent Health in Rural Communities 237E. Lisako J. McKyer, Corliss W. Outley, Jamilia J. Blake, Brandy N. Kelly 14 Rural Food Disparities: Availability and Accessibility of Healthy Foods 251Wesley R. Dean, Cassandra M. Johnson, Joseph R. Sharkey 15 Promoting Oral Health in Rural Communities 267Nikki Stone, Baretta R. Casey 16 Physical Activity Promotion in Rural America 287Richard Kozoll, Sally M. Davis 17 Preventing Farm-Related Injuries: The Example of Tractor Overturns 303Henry P. Cole, Susan C. Westneat 18 Addressing Mental Health Issues in Rural Areas 323Carly E. McCord, Timothy R. Elliott, Daniel F. Brossart, Linda G. Castillo 19 Cancer Prevention and Control in Rural Communities .341Robin C. Vanderpool, Laurel A. Mills 20 Tobacco Use in Rural Populations 357Geri A. Dino, Rose M. Pignataro, Kimberly A. Horn, Andrew Anesetti-Rothermel Index 377
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Rural Social Work
Book SynopsisA thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice Now in its second edition, Rural Social Work is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities. This guide considers methods for social workers to participate in the work of sustaining rural communities. Each chapter features a reading integrating the themes of capacity-building and rural social work; discussion questions that facilitate critical thinking around the chapter; and suggested activities and assignments. Rural Social Work, Second Edition explores: Important practice issues in rural communities, including the challenges of working with stigmatized populations such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, Table of ContentsPreface, xv Acknowledgments, xxiii About the Editors xxv About the Contributors xxvii PART ONE CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF RURAL SOCIAL WELFARE 1 Paul H. Stuart Chapter 1 Down-Home Social Work: A Strengths-Based Model for Rural Practice 5 Michael R. Daley and Freddie L. Avant Defining Rural 6 Rurality and Social Work Practice 7 A Multisystem Model for Down-Home (Rural) Social Work 9 Rationale for the Down-Home Model of Rural Social Work 10 Implications for Rural Social Work 13 Discussion Questions 15 Classroom Activities and Assignments 16 References 16 Chapter 2 Rural Is Real: History of the National Rural Social Work Caucus and the NASW Professional Policy Statement on Rural Social Work 19 Samuel A. Hickman The Rural Social Work Caucus and the National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas 21 Activities of the National Rural Social Work Caucus 22 Achievements of the National Rural Social Work Caucus 23 A Generalist Approach 24 Including Rural Social Work in Educational Curricula 24 A Brief History of the Rural Social Work Professional Policy Statement 25 The 2002 and 2011 Rural SocialWork Professional Policy Statements 26 Discussion Questions 27 Classroom Activities and Assignments 27 Internet Resources 27 References 27 Chapter 3 Social Welfare and Rural People: From the Colonial Era to the Present 29 Paul H. Stuart Colonial Period 30 Early National Period 31 The Civil War and After 33 The Progressive Era 35 World Wars Prosperity Depression and Prosperity Again 37 Recent Developments 38 Discussion Questions 40 Classroom Activities and Assignments 41 References 41 Chapter 4 Out of Sight Out of Mind: Rural Social Work and African American Women at Efland Home for Girls 1920–1938 45 Tanya Smith Brice Female Delinquency 46 Girl-Saving Efforts 47 Efland Home as an Asset 50 Conclusion 52 Discussion Questions 53 Classroom Activities and Assignments 53 References 54 PART TWO HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND RURAL ENVIRONMENTS 57 Freddie L. Avant Chapter 5 Accomplishing the Four Essential Tasks for Higher Education Access: The Role of Natural Helping Networks in Rural Virginia 59 Nathan F. Alleman and L. Neal Holly Making Sense of Social Networks 60 Understanding College Access: Four Essential Tasks 62 Natural Helping Networks and School–Community Partnerships 67 Conclusion 70 Discussion Questions 71 Classroom Activities and Assignments 71 References 72 Chapter 6 African Americans Living in Rural Community: Building Assets from an Afrocentric Perspective 75 Freddie L. Avant Diversity and Social Work Practice 76 Afrocentric Perspective 77 Using an Afrocentric Perspective to Build Assets 79 African Americans in Rural Areas 81 Understanding Human Behavior of African Americans in Rural Environments 82 Conclusion 83 Discussion Questions 84 Classroom Activities and Assignments 84 References 85 Chapter 7 Latino Populations in Rural America: Using Strengths to Build Capacity 87 Griselda Villalobos New Immigration Patterns 87 Needs of Latino Populations in Rural America 88 Cultural Characteristics of Latino Populations 88 Acculturation 89 Strategies for Building Capacity 92 Conclusion 95 Discussion Questions 95 Classroom Activities and Assignments 95 References 96 Chapter 8 Building Community Among Rural Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgendered Persons: Connecting Community Through Families of Choice 99 Amy C. Russell Challenges for Rural GLBT Individuals and Communities 100 Three-Stage Process for Building Community 102 Conclusion 110 Discussion Questions 110 Classroom Activities and Assignments 111 References 111 Chapter 9 Rural Children and Adolescents: Building Capacities Within Public Schools 113 Linda Openshaw Consultation and Advocacy 114 Assessment 115 Direct Interventions and Program Development 116 Academic Help: Alternative Schools 118 Social Skills and Independent Living Skills 120 Mentoring 122 After-School Programs 124 Conclusion 125 Discussion Questions 125 Classroom Activities and Assignments 125 References 126 PART THREE PRACTICE ISSUES IN RURAL CONTEXTS 129 Susan A. Murty Chapter 10 Evidence-Based Practice in the Rural Context 131 Danielle E. Parrish and Kathi R. Trawver What Is Evidence-Based Practice? 132 Evidence-Based Practice and the Rural Social Work Practice Setting 135 Real-World Example: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in a Rural Setting 136 What Are the Challenges and Possibilities for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Rural Settings? 137 Conclusion 140 Discussion Questions 141 Classroom Activities and Assignments 141 References 142 Chapter 11 Wraparound in Rural Child and Youth Mental Health: Coalescing Family-Community Capacities 145 Tamara S. Davis Mental Health Prevalence and Risk Factors of Rural Children and Youth 146 Mental Health Service Delivery to Children Youth and Families in Rural Communities 147 Wraparound Service Delivery in Systems of Care 150 Conclusion 156 Discussion Questions 157 Classroom Activities and Assignments 157 References 158 Chapter 12 Help-Seeking Pathways to Care: Culturally Competent Practice With Rural Hispanics With High Migratory Traditions to the United States 163 Dennis L. Poole and Alex Espadas Case Illustration 164 Help-Seeking Theory 165 Cultural Pathways to Care Model 166 Guidelines for Interventions Along Cultural Pathways to Care 168 Conclusion 172 Discussion Questions 173 Classroom Activities and Assignments 173 References 174 Chapter 13 Social Workers and Rural Congregations: Partnering to Build Community Capacity 175 T. Laine Scales and Jon E. Singletary Characteristics of Rural Congregations 176 Communicating With Rural Congregations 179 Rural Congregations as Community Partners 181 Social Workers and Rural Congregations 182 Discussion Questions 183 Classroom Activities and Assignments 183 References 184 Chapter 14 Working Together to Improve Services for People Living With HIV/AIDS: An Example of Service Delivery Network Development From Rural Northeast Texas 187 H. Stephen Cooper Freddie L. Avant and Wilma Cordova Context for Practice: Northeast Texas 188 Service Delivery Networks 190 The SHRT Network Development Project 194 Discussion 201 Conclusion 203 Discussion Questions 204 Classroom Activities and Assignments 204 References 204 Chapter 15 Building Capacity to Overcome Challenges in the Delivery of Hospice and Palliative Care in Rural Communities 207 Amy Z. Boelk and Jessica H. Retrum Reviewing the Literature: Challenges for Hospice and Palliative Care in Rural Communities 208 Building Capacity: Insights From Rural Hospice SocialWorkers 212 Conclusion 218 Discussion Questions 218 Classroom Activities and Assignments 219 Internet Resources 220 References 220 PART FOUR POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING RURAL POPULATIONS 223 F. Ellen Netting Chapter 16 Capacity for Conservation: Rural Communities Address Sustainability for Global Impact 227 Kathleen Belanger Overview of Sustainability 228 Importance of Sustainability to Rural Communities and to Populations at Risk 230 Conclusion 233 Discussion Questions 233 Classroom Activities and Assignments 233 Internet Resources 234 References 234 Chapter 17 Living in Limbo: Homeless Families in Rural America 237 Jim Winship Understanding Rural Homelessness 238 Reasons for the Growth in Homelessness 240 Recognizing the Assets of Those Experiencing Homelessness 246 Discussion Questions 248 Classroom Activities and Assignments 248 References 248 Chapter 18 Location Matters: Using GIS Mapping to Address Policy Issues in Rural Areas 251 Donna M. Aguiniga and Amanda M. Davis History of GIS 252 Rural Issues 253 Tracking Service Utilization and Changes 257 GIS and Policy 258 Participatory GIS 260 Challenges with GIS 261 Conclusion 262 Discussion Questions 263 Classroom Activities and Assignments 263 References 264 PART FIVE USING RESEARCH TO EVALUATE PRACTICE IN RURAL SETTINGS 267 Dennis L. Poole Chapter 19 Using an Assessment Framework for Research in a Rural Context 269 Susan A. Murty Rural Research Literature 269 Rural Research Methods 271 Mapping the Assets of a Rural Community 273 Examples of Research Studies 275 Conclusion 277 Discussion Questions 277 Classroom Activities and Assignments 278 References 279 Chapter 20 Using Concept Mapping for Assessment and Planning in Rural Communities: Identifying Capacities Through Participation 281 Tamara S. Davis and H. Stephen Cooper Community Assessment and Planning Approaches 281 Overview of Concept Mapping 282 Rural East Texas Health Network (RETHN) 285 Assessing Cultural Competence in a Rural System of Care for Children’s Mental Health 292 Conclusion 298 Discussion Questions 299 Classroom Activities and Assignments 299 References 299 Chapter 21 Rural Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Understand Communities 303 Calvin L. Streeter and H. Stephen Cooper Social Network Analysis 304 The Safe Schools/Healthy Student (SS/HS) Collaboration 308 Conclusion 314 Discussion Questions 315 Classroom Activities and Assignments 315 References 316 Appendix A NASW Rural Policy Statement 317 Appendix B Online Training and Resources on the EBP Process and Practice Issues for Rural Settings 325 Appendix C Ideas Ratings for Service Providers and Consumers (Mean Scores) 329 Author Index 335 Subject Index 343
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Agrarian Change Gender and Land Rights
Book SynopsisLeading feminist scholars provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land in various regions around the world. A searching treatment of gender and access to land around the world. Includes contributions by leading feminist scholars in the field. Combines theoretical reflections with concrete case studies. Covers diverse regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Central Asia. Several articles are based on original and extensive field research carried out over the past two years in, for example, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Brazil. Trade Review"Its strength is conceptual - not in telling the reader what to think about agrarian change, gender and land tenure reform, but in rethinking definitions, making new distinctions, giving us conceptual tools and showing us how to use them contextually." (Development and Change) "The outstanding scholarship behind thier conclusions - skilfully woven together by Shahra Razavi in a powerful introduction best appreciated after reading the other contributions - makes this book required reading for anyone concerned with gender justice in land rights (and not only in an agrarian context)." (Gender, Place and Culture) "This book provides a very useful consideration of the relationships between agrarian change, gender and land rights in a number of developing countries... The book is free of jargon and will be of value to final year undergraduates specialising in development and postgraduates looking for a useful summary of the issues and a guide to further reading."—Alasdair Blair, University of WestminsterTable of Contents1. Editorial Introduction: Terence J. Byres and Henry Bernstein (both at University of London). 2. Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights: Shahra Razavi (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva). 3. Global Capitalism, Deflation and Agrarian Crisis in Developing Countries: Utsa Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University). 4. Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary: Anne Whitehead (University of Sussex) and Dzodzi Tsikata (University of Ghana). 5. Piety in the Sky? Gender Policy and Land Reform in South Africa: Cherryl Walker. 6. Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania: Dzodzi Tsikata (lives in Durham). 7. Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market: Bina Agarwal (University of Delhi). 8. The Cry for Land: Agrarian Reform, Gender and Land Rights in Uzbekistan: Deniz Kandiyoti (University of London). 9. Women’s Land Rights and Rural Social Movements in the Brazilian Agrarian Reform: Carmen Diana Deere (Universty of Massachusetts).
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Sod Busting
Book SynopsisBased on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land.Trade ReviewA fine recommendation for any American history collection. Midwest Book Review Danbom provides the reader with more than a conventional understanding of the region, whether it be pointing out some of the myths about homesteading or the role of the independent woman homesteader. Thus, it is an excellent undergraduate resource. Highly recommended. Choice An excellent introduction to the challenges and opportunities of agricultural life in a difficult region for farming... Danbom's Sod Busting is an outstanding survey of farm making on the Great Plains. This elegantly written, well-researched volume will find an audience with students, historians, and general readers. Those with an interest in Iowa history will find much useful information here that helps to explain settlement in the western part of the state. Anyone teaching or studying the Great Plains will want to add this book to their library. -- Jeff Bremer Annals of Iowa In a short space, Danborn synthesizes the information that might be gained from a half dozen monographs. Undergraduates and upper-level high school students will find the work readable and useful. -- Alexandra Kindell Western Historical Quarterly Danbom presents a cogent and engaging portrait of the real lives of those who settled the Great Plains... If you want not only solid history, but economics, geography, ethnic and gender studies, psychology, and sociology this short book will serve you well. Nebraska History This outstanding work is a masterpiece of both conciseness and comprehensiveness. Great Plains QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefacePrologue1. How They Acquired Land2. How They Built Farms3. How They Got Credit4. How They Built Communities5. How the Plains MaturedEpilogueNotesSelected Further ReadingIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Sod Busting
Book SynopsisBased on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land.Trade ReviewA fine recommendation for any American history collection. Midwest Book Review Danbom provides the reader with more than a conventional understanding of the region, whether it be pointing out some of the myths about homesteading or the role of the independent woman homesteader. Thus, it is an excellent undergraduate resource. Highly recommended. Choice An excellent introduction to the challenges and opportunities of agricultural life in a difficult region for farming... Danbom's Sod Busting is an outstanding survey of farm making on the Great Plains. This elegantly written, well-researched volume will find an audience with students, historians, and general readers. Those with an interest in Iowa history will find much useful information here that helps to explain settlement in the western part of the state. Anyone teaching or studying the Great Plains will want to add this book to their library. -- Jeff Bremer Annals of Iowa In a short space, Danborn synthesizes the information that might be gained from a half dozen monographs. Undergraduates and upper-level high school students will find the work readable and useful. -- Alexandra Kindell Western Historical Quarterly Danbom presents a cogent and engaging portrait of the real lives of those who settled the Great Plains... If you want not only solid history, but economics, geography, ethnic and gender studies, psychology, and sociology this short book will serve you well. Nebraska History This outstanding work is a masterpiece of both conciseness and comprehensiveness. Great Plains QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefacePrologue1. How They Acquired Land2. How They Built Farms3. How They Got Credit4. How They Built Communities5. How the Plains MaturedEpilogueNotesSelected Further ReadingIndex
£17.58
Johns Hopkins University Press Mennonite Farmers
Book SynopsisA comparative global history of Mennonites from the ground up. Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Shortlisted for the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize by the Canadian Historical Association, Nominee of the Margaret McWilliams Award by the Manitoba Historical SocietyMennonite farmers can be found in dozens of countries spanning five continents. In this comparative world-scale environmental history, Royden Loewen draws on a multi-year study of seven geographically distinctive Anabaptist communities around the world, focusing on Mennonite farmers in Bolivia, Canada, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Russia, the United States, and Zimbabwe. These farmers, who include Amish, Brethren in Christ, and Siberian Baptists, till the land in starkly distinctive climates. They absorb very disparate societal lessons while being shaped by particular faith outlooks, historical memory, and the natural environment. The book reveals the ways in whichTrade ReviewAn accessible entry point for readers interested in learning about places other than their own, as well as the interplays between natural resources and human cultivation.—Dr. Rachel Waltner Goossen, Washburn Univerity, Anabaptist WorldTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Sect and Settler in the North: Plowing Friesland, Iowa, Manitoba, and Siberia2. Peasant and Piety in the South: Planting Java, Matabeleland, and Bolivia's Oriente3. Something New under the Mennonite Sun: A Century of Agricultural Change4. Making Peace on Earth: Seven Farmers and a Faith of the Everyday5. Women on the Land: Gender and Growing Food in Patriarchal Lands6. Farm Subjects and State Biopower: Seven Degrees of Separation7. Vernaculars of Climate Change: Southern Concern, Northern Complacency8. Mennonite Farmers in "World Scale" History: Seven Encounters on EarthConclusionAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Powering American Farms
Book SynopsisThe untold story of the power industry's efforts to electrify growing numbers of farms in the years before the creation of Depression-era government programs. Even after decades of retelling, the story of rural electrification in the United States remains dramatic and affecting. As textbooks and popular histories inform us, farmers obtained electric service only because a compassionate federal government established the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The agencies' success in raising the standard of living for millions of Americans contrasted with the failure of the greedy big-city utility companies, which showed little interest in the apparently unprofitable nonurban market. Traditional accounts often describe the nation's population as split in two, separated by access to a magical form of energy: just past cities' limits, a bleak, preindustrial class of citizens endured, literally in near darknTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I. Historical Context of Rural Electrification1. The Standard Narrative and Its Defects2. Unattractive Economics in the Rural Electricity Market3. Business Attitudes toward Farmers in the 1920s 4. The Lure and Lore of Rural Electrification5. Farmers on Their OwnPart II. Alignment of Rural Stakeholders6. Utility Interest in Rural Electrification Awakens7. The Unexpected Public Relations Value of Rural Electrification8. The Industry Organizes the CREA9. State Committees Work to Resolve Uncertainties10. Regulation and the Extension of Lines to Rural Areas11. Momentum in the Rural Electrification SubsystemPart III. Growth of Rural Electrification Efforts in the 1930s12. Government Innovations in the Rural Electrification Subsystem13. Competition and Private Utilities in the REA EraConclusionNotesIndexColor plates follow page ___
£45.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Degraded Heartland
£81.18
Temple University Press,U.S. Undoing the Revolution
Book Synopsis Undoing the Revolution looks at the way rural underclasses ally with out-of-power elites to overthrow their governments—only to be shut out of power when the new regime assumes control. Vasabjit Banerjee first examines why peasants need to ally with dissenting elites in order to rebel. He then shows how conflict resolution and subsequent bargains to form new state institutions re-empower allied elites and re-marginalize peasants. Banerjee evaluates three different agrarian societies during distinct time periods spanning the twentieth century: revolutionary Mexico from 1910 to 1930; late-colonial India from 1920 until 1947; and White-dominated Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) from the mid-1960s to 1980. This comparative approach also allows examination of both the underclass need for elite participation and the variety of causes that elites use to incentivize peasant classes to participate, extending from religious-ethnic identity and common political targets to the peasa
£26.99
Temple University Press,U.S. Gone Goose
Book SynopsisSumner, MO, pop. 102, near the Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, proclaims itself The Wild Goose Capital of the World. It even displays Maxie, the World's largest goose: a 40-foot tall fiberglass statue with a wingspan stretching more than 60 feet. But while the 200,000 Canada geese that spent their falls and winters at Swan Lake helped generate millions of dollars for the local economywith hunting and the annual Goose Festivalclimate change, as well as environmental and land use issues, have caused the birds to disappear. The economic loss of the geese and the activities they inspired served as key building blocks in the rural identities residents had developed and treasured. In his timely and topical book, Gone Goose, Braden Leap observes how members of this rural town adapted, reorganized, and reinvented themselves in the wake of climate changeand how they continued to cultivate respect and belonging in their community. Leap conducted interviews with residents and participated i
£25.19
University of Toronto Press Rural Womens Health
Book SynopsisRural Women's Health presents a national perspective on the nature of women's health while respecting internal and regional diversity, as well as viewpoints from international scholarship.Trade Review'This volume is a rare and important collection of ground-breaking work on a topic too often ignored in Canadian academia.' -- Megan J. Davis BC Studies vol 185 spring 2015Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Connecting Rural Women's Health Across Time, Locales, and Disciplines Beverly Leipert (University of Western Ontario), Wilfreda Thurston (University of Calgary) and Belinda Leach (University of Guelph) Part I Research, Policy, and Action 1. Looking Back and Forging Ahead: Rural Women's Health Research and Policy in Canada Rebecca Sutherns and Margaret Haworth-Brockman (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) 2. Rural Women's Research and Action on the Prairies Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Rachel Rapaport Beck (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence), Joanne Havelock, Harpa Isfeld (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence), Noreen Johns, Diane Martz (University of Saskatchewan), Lynn Scruby (University of Manitoba), and Jayne Whyte 3. Closing the Gap: Rural Women's Organizations and Rural Women's Health in Canada Beverly D. Leipert, Tamara Landry (University of Western Ontario) and Belinda Leach 4. Health Issues of Women in Rural United States: An Overview Angeline Bushy Part II Health and Environment 5. Farm Work in Ontario and Breast Cancer Risk James T. Brophy (University of Windsor), Margaret M. Keith (University of Windsor), Andrew Watterson (University of Stirling), Michael Gilbertson and Matthias Beck (University of York) 6. An Exploration of Canadian Farmwomen's Food Provisioning Practices Lynn McIntyre (University of Calgary) and Krista Rondeau (University of Calgary) 7. The Multiple Dimensions of Health: Weaving Together Food Sustainability and Farm Women's Health Wendee Kubik (University of Regina) and Amber Fletcher (University of Regina) 8. Outside Assumptions. Research with the Old Order Mennonite Women in Ontario: An Exploratory Study Eva M. Dabrowska (University of Alberta) and Susan K. Wismer (University of Waterloo) Part III Gender-Based Violence 9. Living with their Bodies: Three Generations of Rural Newfoundland and Labrador Women Marilyn Porter (Memorial University) and Natalie Beausoleil (Memorial University) 10. Intimate Partner Violence: Understanding and Responding to the Unique Needs of Women in Rural and Northern Communities Karen G. Dyck (University of Manitoba), Kelly L. Stickle (University of Northern British Columbia ) and Cindy L. Hardy (University of Northern British Columbia) 11. There's a Nightmare in the Closet! Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a Major Health Issue for Women Living in Remote Aboriginal Communities Beverly Illauq 12. Rural Women's Strategies for Seeking Mental Health and Housing Services Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk (University of Western Ontario), Carolyne Gorlick (King's University College at The University of Western Ontario) and Rick Csiernik (King's University College at The University of Western Ontario) Part IV Population Health, Health Promotion, and Public Health 13. Being a Good Woman: The Gendered Impacts of Restructuring in Rural Alberta Barbara Heather (Grant MacEwan University), D. Lynn Skillen, Jennifer Young and Theresa Vladicka (Government of Alberta, Advanced Education and Technology) 14. Gender Politics and Rural Women: Barriers to and Strategies for Enhancing Resiliency Nikki Gerrard (University of Saskatchewan) and Alanah Woodland (University of Calgary) 15. Defining Health: Perspectives of African Canadian Women Living in Remote and Rural Nova Scotia Communities Josephine B. Etowa (University of Ottawa), Wanda Thomas Bernard (Dalhousie University), Barbara Clow (Dalhousie University) and Juliana Wiens 16. The Quality of Life of Elderly Ukrainian Women in Rural Saskatchewan, Canada Nuelle Novik (University of Regina) 17. The Health of Pregnant Women in the Northwest Territories Pertice M. Moffitt (Dalhousie University) 18. Rural Women, Leisure, Rural Identity and Health and Well-being: Historical and Contemporary Connections Deborah Stiles (Nova Scotia Agricultural College), Steven Dukeshire (Nova Scotia Agricultural College), Kenneth S. Paulsen (Nova Scotia Agricultural College), Melanie Goodridge, David Hobson, Jamie MacLaughlin, Katriona MacNeil and J. Cristian Rangel Part V Theorizing Rurality and Gender 19. Healthy Rural Bodies? Embodied Approaches to the Study of Rural Women's Health Jo Little (University of Exeter) 20. Women, Chronic Illness and Rural Australia: Exploring the Intersections between Space, Identity and the Body Barbara Pini (Curtin University) and Karen Soldatic (Curtin University) 21. Health Policy and the Politics of Citizenship: Northern Women's Care Giving in Rural British Columbia Jo-Anne Fiske (University of Lethbridge), Dawn Hemingway (University of Northern British Columbia), Anita Vaillancourt (University of Toronto), Heather Peters (University of Northern British Columbia), Christina McLennan (Thompson Rivers University), Barbara Keith (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Anne Burrill (University of Northern British Columbia) 22. Well Beings: Placing Emotion in Canadian Rural, Gender, and Health Research Deborah Thien (California State University, Long Beach) Contributors
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University of Toronto Press Strangers and Neighbours
Book SynopsisIn this book, Hayhoe paints a picture of a surprisingly mobile and dynamic Burgundianrural population.Trade Review'Hayhoe's creativity in this book should not go unnoticed... His finding that no local policies prohibited migrations and that provincial authorities attempted to make them as orderly as possible highlights the use of history to create a better understanding of the present.' -- J r me Loiseau Journal of Interdisciplinary History vol 47:04:2016Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Measuring Mobility, I. Exogamy, Native Proportions and Distances 2. Measuring Mobility, II. Annual Migration Rates 3. The Meaning of Distance. Migration and the "Espace de Vie" 4. Temporary and Seasonal Migration 5. Migrants' Reasons for Moving 6. What Attracted Migrants? The Geography of Internal Migration 7. The Regulation of Mobility and the Integration of Migrants into the Community Conclusion
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Bristol University Press Managing Community Practice
Book SynopsisAn essential resource for operational and strategic managers in local government, housing, health and other service delivery agencies, social inclusion and community regeneration projects.Trade Review"This fine volume is further confirmation of the growing importance of 'neighbourhood' in delivering public services. The book is for managers and practitioners and helps understand 'going local' and how it will help reshape organisations as they redirect their energies toward providing neighbourhood-based services." Community Care, about the first edition "This well-written, highly recommendable text provides readers with much that will be valuable in the challenge of managing of community practice in order to benefit local people." Keith Popple, London South Bank UniversityTable of ContentsWhat is community practice? - Sarah Banks and Hugh Butcher; The historical and policy context: setting the scene for current debates - Marjorie Mayo and Jim Robertson Organisational management for community practice: a framework - Hugh Butcher Individual and organisational development for community practice: an experiential learning approach - Hugh Butcher Negotiating values, power and responsibility: ethical challenges for managers -Sarah Banks Linking partnerships and networks - Alison Gilchrist The manager’s role in community-led research - Murray Hawtin and Tony Herrmann Participative planning and evaluation skills - Alan Barr Conclusion: sustaining community practice for the future - Andrew Orton
£27.54
Bristol University Press Countryside Connections
Book SynopsisThe first project-based book in the New Dynamics of Ageing series offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on older people's role as assets in rural civic society. The authors examine the ways in which rural elders are connected to community, the contributions they make and the groups to which they belong.Trade Review"The conceptual model, innovative methods, and empirics presented in this book provide a rich foundation for studies in other rural places." Canadian Journal on Aging"a monumental volume...it reaches beyond interdisciplinary and begins to touch on transdisciplinary" Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsCountryside connections in later life: Setting the scene ~ Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Robin Means and Vanessa Burholt; Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life ~ Nigel Curry, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy; Rural connectivity and older people’s leisure participation ~ Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Yvette Staelens, Gloria Lankshear, Andy Phippen, Avril Silk, Daniel Zahra; Connecting with community: The nature of belonging among rural elders ~ Vanessa Burholt, Nigel Curry, Norah Keating, Jacquie Eales; Beyond transport: Understanding the role of mobilities in rural elders’ connectivity in civic society ~ Graham Parkhurst, Kathleen Galvin, Charles Musselwhite, Judith Phillips, Ian Shergold, Les Todres; Deep mapping and rural connectivities ~ Jane Bailey, Iain Biggs and Dan Buzzo; Older people, low income and place: Making connections in rural Britain ~ Paul Milbourne, Shane Doheny; Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: Lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research ~ Simon Evans, Ray Jones, Janet Smithson; Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land? ~ Robin Means, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy.
£77.39
Policy Press How to Build Houses and Save the Countryside
Book SynopsisFocusing on house building and conservation politics in England, Spiers uses his considerable experience and extensive research to demonstrate why the current model doesn't work, and why there needs to be both planning reform and a more active role for the state, including local government.Trade Review"This book is a fascinating read and its message is spot on. The need for increasing the delivery of new homes has never been more urgent - but equally vital is building homes that are beautiful, energy efficient and that add value to the local community. Thank you Shaun, this book is essential reading for all housing policy makers." Sue Chalkley, Hastoe Housing Association"A must read for anyone interested in housing." Evan Davis, Journalist and Presenter"Finally a solution to the housing argument: Shaun Spiers has shown how we can build more homes and still save the countryside, so everyone wins." Alice Thomson, The Times"This is a book that needed to be written and which I hope officials, ministers, local authorities and - perhaps most of all - the volume house-builders read." Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College and author of The Fight for Beauty“This book is at once reasonable and visionary - a remarkable combination, and a remarkably important contribution to one of the most important social policy debates of our time. Everyone interested in the question of how to meet our urgent housing needs, while also protecting the landscape, should read it.” Sir Andrew Motion"Rural planning in Britain has all but collapsed. How to restore it, how to reinvigorate the rural economy and chart who will live in it and how, is by far the biggest challenge to domestic politics in Britain. Thank god for this book and its clear thinking on the subject." Simon Jenkins, journalist and author“This book argues convincingly that the beauty of the English countryside is compatible with reasonable growth in housing if it is well planned and well designed - only matching beauty will do! Well done Shaun Spiers.” Sir Terry Farrell, Architect and Urban DesignerTable of ContentsHow to think about housing and planning; The housing crisis; Rural Housing; Environmental constraints; Political constraints; Structural constraints; Solutions; Challenge.
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