Rural communities / rural life Books

Book SynopsisThe arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn’t stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate—there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. The culprit, and the path that led to these crimes, is a story of twenty-first century America. Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse first drove down to the reeling county to cover a hearing for Charlie Smith, a struggling mechanic who upon his capture had promptly pleaded guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But as Charlie’s confession unspooled, it got deeper and weirder. He wasn’t lighting fires alone; his crimes were galvanized by a surprising love story. Over a year of investigating, Hesse uncovered the motives of Charlie and his accomplice, girlfriend Tonya Bundick, a woman of steel-like strength and an inscrutable past. Theirs was a love built on impossibly tight budgets and simple pleasures. They were each other’s inspiration and escape…until they weren’t. Though it’s hard to believe today, one hundred years ago Accomack was the richest rural county in the nation. Slowly it’s been drained of its industry—agriculture—as well as its wealth and population. In an already remote region, limited employment options offer little in the way of opportunity. A mesmerizing and crucial panorama with nationwide implications, American Fire asks what happens when a community gets left behind. Hesse brings to life the Eastern Shore and its inhabitants, battling a punishing economy and increasingly terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. The result evokes the soul of rural America—a land half gutted before the fires even began.Trade Review"American Fire is an excellent summer vacation companion. It has all the elements of a lively crime procedural: courtroom drama, forensic trivia, toothsome gossip, vexed sex. It also happens to be a very good portrait of a region in economic decline. . . . As with “S-Town” and the best episodes of “This American Life,” Hesse has managed to wring tension and excitement out of a story with a known ending." -- Jennifer Senior - New York Times"The propulsive pleasure of American Fire rests in author Monica Hesse's decision not to force a thing. The book has the brisk diligence of big-city journalism (Hesse writes for the Washington Post) and the languid chattiness of the small town where she lived while researching it. . . . Hesse gathers the pieces but leaves connections to the reader. When they snap together, the feeling is a bit like gazing upon a blaze you've just lit." -- Karl Vick - Time"Hesse, who covered the arsons for The Washington Post, is an ace reporter, but she’s an even better storyteller. American Fire is as propulsive as a crime thriller. A-" -- Tina Jordan - Entertainment Weekly"In American Fire, journalist Monica Hesse faces . . . quandaries of interpretation, faulty memory and lies, and deals eloquently with the he-said-she-said elements of her story. . . . What emerges is a vivid depiction of a community that is struggling economically in present-day America, but is rich in its human connections." -- Ilana Masad - NPR.org"A brisk, captivating and expertly crafted reconstruction of a community living through a time of fear, confusion and danger. . . . Masterful." -- Scott W. Berg - Washington Post"One of the year's best and most unusual true-crime books." -- Randy Dotinga - Christian Science Monitor"Mesmerizing. . . . Hesse recounts the fires and their investigation and the subsequent trials with cinematic immediacy." -- Jonathan Miles - Garden & Gun"Accomack County, Virginia, is utterly unique, but not completely atypical of America’s forgotten places: bypassed by progress on the wrong side of Chesapeake Bay, dotted with houses rotting into literal tinder. Hesse, a Washington Post reporter, finds true-crime gold here . . . . Hesse forgoes paint-by-numbers suspense, revealing the culprits early on before backing up into their hard-knock love story, their eventual arrest, and perceptive snapshots of an unusually vivid corner of drug-racked Red America." -- Boris Katchka - Vulture"American Fire is not only a twisted love story but also a portrait of Accomack County, Virginia, a once-wealthy farming community crumbling from economic hardship." -- Nora Horvath - Real Simple"Hesse enters the compelling narrative with restraint in probing, essayistic analyses. She tells the story of the fires and of the Eastern Shore and the people she got to know there with an earned familiarity that, at the same time, speaks of the unknowability of a vast, rapidly changing nation." -- Annie Bostrom - Booklist, starred review"A captivating narrative about arson, persistent law enforcers, an unlikely romantic relationship, and a courtroom drama. . . . Throughout, the author offers a nuanced portrait of a way of life unknown to most who have never resided on or visited the Eastern Shore. A true-crime saga that works in every respect." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse has created a near-masterpiece in American Fire. This true crime book — about a series of arsons on the rural Virginia coast and the Bonnie-and-Clyde duo who committed them — is not just about the crimes themselves, but about the community those crimes affected. It's well-written and eye-opening, and I couldn't put it down. For fans of Hillbilly Elegy and In Cold Blood." -- Annie Butterworth Jones - Tallahassee Democrat"Washington Post reporter Hesse leads readers on an extended tour of a bizarre five-month crime spree in rural Accomack County, Va.: a series of over 80 arsons, of predominantly abandoned buildings, committed by a local couple. . . . A page-turning story of love gone off the rails." -- Publishers Weekly"American Fire is a wonderful book of page-turning, true-crime reportage, exquisitely reported with both humanity and humor. Books like this remind us, in an uncertain time, of what journalism is supposed to look like." -- Nick Reding, author of Methland"America in decline, a love gone berserk, and fire…lots and lots of it. If you pick up this book and open it to the first page, I double-dog dare you to put it down." -- Dennis Covington, author of Salvation on Sand Mountain"A rare combination of reportorial know-how and literary flair, American Fire is a page-turner. Crimes and chaos, detectives and firefighters, headlines and red herrings, and it all boils down to a Gothic love story gone wrong. You need time to investigate a story like this, following the police leads all the way to the hidden-in-plain-sight, off-kilter individuals generating the mayhem; you need space to tell a story like this, fact-based and evocative. People who think they don’t like nonfiction will devour this book. People who love nonfiction will love it, too." -- Melissa Fay Greene, author of Praying for Sheetrock and The Underdogs

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Book SynopsisAn inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the slowest to affiliate with the Grand Old Party, they are now its staunchest supporters. This transition and the reasons for it are vital to understanding the current electoral landscape of the American South, including states like Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, all of which have the potential to exert enormous influence over national electoral outcomes.In this first book-length empirically based study focusing on rural southern voters, Hood and McKee examine their changing political behavior, arguing that their Democratic-to-Republican transition is both more recent and more durable than most political observers realize. By analyzing data collected from their own region-wide polling along with a variety of other carefully mined sources, the authors explain why the initial appeal of 1950s Republicanism to upscale white southerners in metropolitan settings took well over a half-century to yield to, and morph into, its culturally conservative variant now championed by rural residents. Hood and McKee contend that it is impossible to understand current American electoral politics without understanding the longer trajectory of voting behavior in rural America and they offer not only a framework but also the data necessary for doing so.

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Book SynopsisAn inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the slowest to affiliate with the Grand Old Party, they are now its staunchest supporters. This transition and the reasons for it are vital to understanding the current electoral landscape of the American South, including states like Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, all of which have the potential to exert enormous influence over national electoral outcomes.In this first book-length empirically based study focusing on rural southern voters, Hood and McKee examine their changing political behavior, arguing that their Democratic-to-Republican transition is both more recent and more durable than most political observers realize. By analyzing data collected from their own region-wide polling along with a variety of other carefully mined sources, the authors explain why the initial appeal of 1950s Republicanism to upscale white southerners in metropolitan settings took well over a half-century to yield to, and morph into, its culturally conservative variant now championed by rural residents. Hood and McKee contend that it is impossible to understand current American electoral politics without understanding the longer trajectory of voting behavior in rural America and they offer not only a framework but also the data necessary for doing so.

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Book SynopsisRural life is more complex than it is perhaps credited. This edited volume explores several themes that highlight such complexities, particularly in terms of what they imply for rural teaching and learning. These themes include the geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic diversity within and across rural communities; the notion that rurality is not a deficit but rather a context; and the array of novel and interesting ways to build upon rural assets and overcome challenges so that rural students are not afforded fewer educational opportunities simply by virtue of their zip code. More practically, this book offers counsel for readers who may be interested in learning more about rural circumstances so that they can make informed and responsive decisions about policies and programs targeting rural students, educators, and schools.Trade ReviewMaking appropriate decisions about policy and practice in rural education settings demands an understanding of rural communities and the nuances of rural lifeways that are not standard fare in most decision-makers' professional backgrounds and preparation. This book clearly and insightfully helps guide readers to those understandings, offering a valuable resource both for individuals with nonrural backgrounds (as a thorough introduction to the salient contexts of rural education) and for those with rural backgrounds (as a guide for framing/reframing and clarifying their existing understandings)."" — Jerry D. Johnson, Professor and Lydia E. Skeen, Endowed Chair in Education, Kansas State University""Howley and Redding have co-edited a book that brings to life the complexity of rural people and places and helps readers understand what this complexity means for rural education. The range of voices and research in Cultivating Rural Education demonstrates how varied rural places are, how real the educational challenges rural schools and districts face are, and how much strength and ingenuity rural people bring to the table to address those challenges."" — Robert Mahaffey, Executive Director, Rural School and Community Trust""The book Cultivating Rural Education gives an actionable planning process to understand, define, and cultivate our rural schools and communities. The community and school are so closely tied together, it is time for our stakeholders and community members to highlight what is right and adjust the areas that need adjusting to help save and establish a true path(s) to sustainability for Rural America."" — Allen Pratt, Executive Director, National Rural Education Association

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Book SynopsisRural life is more complex than it is perhaps credited. This edited volume explores several themes that highlight such complexities, particularly in terms of what they imply for rural teaching and learning. These themes include the geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic diversity within and across rural communities; the notion that rurality is not a deficit but rather a context; and the array of novel and interesting ways to build upon rural assets and overcome challenges so that rural students are not afforded fewer educational opportunities simply by virtue of their zip code. More practically, this book offers counsel for readers who may be interested in learning more about rural circumstances so that they can make informed and responsive decisions about policies and programs targeting rural students, educators, and schools.Trade ReviewMaking appropriate decisions about policy and practice in rural education settings demands an understanding of rural communities and the nuances of rural lifeways that are not standard fare in most decision-makers' professional backgrounds and preparation. This book clearly and insightfully helps guide readers to those understandings, offering a valuable resource both for individuals with nonrural backgrounds (as a thorough introduction to the salient contexts of rural education) and for those with rural backgrounds (as a guide for framing/reframing and clarifying their existing understandings)."" — Jerry D. Johnson, Professor and Lydia E. Skeen, Endowed Chair in Education, Kansas State University""Howley and Redding have co-edited a book that brings to life the complexity of rural people and places and helps readers understand what this complexity means for rural education. The range of voices and research in Cultivating Rural Education demonstrates how varied rural places are, how real the educational challenges rural schools and districts face are, and how much strength and ingenuity rural people bring to the table to address those challenges."" — Robert Mahaffey, Executive Director, Rural School and Community Trust""The book Cultivating Rural Education gives an actionable planning process to understand, define, and cultivate our rural schools and communities. The community and school are so closely tied together, it is time for our stakeholders and community members to highlight what is right and adjust the areas that need adjusting to help save and establish a true path(s) to sustainability for Rural America."" — Allen Pratt, Executive Director, National Rural Education Association

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Book SynopsisTeacher attrition is endemic in education, creating teacher quantity and quality gaps across schools that are often stratified by region and racialized nuance (Cowan et al., 2016; Scafidi et al., 2017). This reality is starkly reflected in South Carolina. Not too long ago, on May 1, 2019, a sea of approximately 10,000 people, dressed in red, convened at the state capital in downtown Columbia, SC (Bowers, 2019b). This statewide teacher walkout was assembled to call for the improvement of teachers' working conditions and the learning conditions of their students. The gathering was the largest display of teacher activism in the history of South Carolina and reflected a trend in a larger wave of teacher walkouts that have rippled across the nation over the last five years. The crowd comprised teachers from across South Carolina, who walked out of their classrooms for the gathering, as well as numerous students, parents, university faculty, and other community members that rallied with teachers in solidarity.Undergirding this walkout and others that took hold across the country is a perennial and pervasive pattern of unfavorable teacher working conditions that have contributed to what some are calling a teacher shortage "crisis" (Chuck, 2019). We have focused our work specifically on the illustrative case of South Carolina, given the extreme teacher staffing challenges the state is facing. Across numerous metrics, the South Carolina teacher shortage has reached critical levels, influenced by teacher recruitment and retention challenges. For instance, the number of teacher education program completers has declined annually, dropping from 2,060 in 2014-15 to 1,642 in the 2018-19 school year. Meanwhile, the number of teachers leaving the teaching field has increased from 4,108.1 to 5,341.3 across that same period (CERRA, 2019). These trends are likely to continue as COVID-19 has put additional pressure on the already fragile teacher labor market.Some of the hardest-to-staff districts are often located in communities with the highest diversity and poverty. To prosper and progress, reformers and public stakeholders must have a vested interest in maintaining full classrooms and strengthening the teaching workforce. An important element of progress towards tackling these longstanding challenges is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the problem. While teacher shortages are occurring nationwide (Garcia & Weiss, 2019), how they manifest regionally is directly influenced by its localized historical context and the evolution of the teaching profession's reputation within a state. Thus, the impetus of this book is to use South Carolina as an illustrative example to discuss the context and evolution that has shaped the status of the teaching profession that has led to a boiling point of mass teacher shortages and the rise of historic teacher walkouts.

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Book SynopsisTeacher attrition is endemic in education, creating teacher quantity and quality gaps across schools that are often stratified by region and racialized nuance (Cowan et al., 2016; Scafidi et al., 2017). This reality is starkly reflected in South Carolina. Not too long ago, on May 1, 2019, a sea of approximately 10,000 people, dressed in red, convened at the state capital in downtown Columbia, SC (Bowers, 2019b). This statewide teacher walkout was assembled to call for the improvement of teachers' working conditions and the learning conditions of their students. The gathering was the largest display of teacher activism in the history of South Carolina and reflected a trend in a larger wave of teacher walkouts that have rippled across the nation over the last five years. The crowd comprised teachers from across South Carolina, who walked out of their classrooms for the gathering, as well as numerous students, parents, university faculty, and other community members that rallied with teachers in solidarity.Undergirding this walkout and others that took hold across the country is a perennial and pervasive pattern of unfavorable teacher working conditions that have contributed to what some are calling a teacher shortage "crisis" (Chuck, 2019). We have focused our work specifically on the illustrative case of South Carolina, given the extreme teacher staffing challenges the state is facing. Across numerous metrics, the South Carolina teacher shortage has reached critical levels, influenced by teacher recruitment and retention challenges. For instance, the number of teacher education program completers has declined annually, dropping from 2,060 in 2014-15 to 1,642 in the 2018-19 school year. Meanwhile, the number of teachers leaving the teaching field has increased from 4,108.1 to 5,341.3 across that same period (CERRA, 2019). These trends are likely to continue as COVID-19 has put additional pressure on the already fragile teacher labor market.Some of the hardest-to-staff districts are often located in communities with the highest diversity and poverty. To prosper and progress, reformers and public stakeholders must have a vested interest in maintaining full classrooms and strengthening the teaching workforce. An important element of progress towards tackling these longstanding challenges is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the problem. While teacher shortages are occurring nationwide (Garcia & Weiss, 2019), how they manifest regionally is directly influenced by its localized historical context and the evolution of the teaching profession's reputation within a state. Thus, the impetus of this book is to use South Carolina as an illustrative example to discuss the context and evolution that has shaped the status of the teaching profession that has led to a boiling point of mass teacher shortages and the rise of historic teacher walkouts.

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Book SynopsisThe impetus behind this volume stems from reflections on commemorations of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision. Brown turned 60 in May of 2014, and many special issues of peer?reviewed journals were dedicated to that anniversary. Unlike most special issues and volumes, we sought to highlight a smaller part of Brown, though no less significant. More specifically, we thought to develop a volume that focused on rural education in the aftermath of the decision. Most of the education policy and education reform literature caters to urban and suburban contexts, and very few academic books and journal articles—with the exception of research conducted by Craig, Amy, and Caitlin Howley and the Journal for Research on Rural Education—focus on rural education in the US. Thus, we wanted this volume to focus on the politics of educational opportunity in rural contexts.There is a paucity of rigorous research that examines how education policy affects the conditions of rural education. More specifically, research is scarce in examining the ways in which students in rural schools and districts have access to educational opportunities, although approximately one?third of all public schools are located in rural areas (Ayers, 2011). Educational opportunity in rural districts has been plagued by geographic isolation, loss of economic bases, and lack of capital (both financial and political) to voice the need for resources. To be clear, this volume does not present chapters that detail educational opportunity in rural districts and schools from a deficit perspective. Instead, chapters in this volume offer insight into both micro? and macro?level policies and practices that shape educational opportunities for students in rural schools and districts. As such, chapters in this volume investigate the “now” of educational opportunity for rural students and makes recommendations and suggestions for “later”. Given that, we are reminded of James Coleman’s (1975) thesis, “Education is a means to an end, and equal opportunity refers to later in life rather than the educational process itself” (p.28).This book will be organized into two distinct sections. The first section, comprised of chapters that examine educational opportunity in rural districts from a micro?level perspective, is devoted to chapters that broadly examine the implications of state and federal policy on educational opportunity in rural schools and districts. The second section, which includes case studies of rural districts in the American South, Appalachia, and the Northeast, takes a macro?level approach to examining educational opportunity in rural districts. Combined, chapters throughout the book provide readers with both an overview and a specific snapshot of educational opportunity in rural schools. Given the breadth and scope of chapters included in this volume, we believe the book adds tremendously to the education policy literature, as this vantage point has rarely been included in larger education policy discussions.

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Book SynopsisThe impetus behind this volume stems from reflections on commemorations of the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision. Brown turned 60 in May of 2014, and many special issues of peer?reviewed journals were dedicated to that anniversary. Unlike most special issues and volumes, we sought to highlight a smaller part of Brown, though no less significant. More specifically, we thought to develop a volume that focused on rural education in the aftermath of the decision. Most of the education policy and education reform literature caters to urban and suburban contexts, and very few academic books and journal articles—with the exception of research conducted by Craig, Amy, and Caitlin Howley and the Journal for Research on Rural Education—focus on rural education in the US. Thus, we wanted this volume to focus on the politics of educational opportunity in rural contexts.There is a paucity of rigorous research that examines how education policy affects the conditions of rural education. More specifically, research is scarce in examining the ways in which students in rural schools and districts have access to educational opportunities, although approximately one?third of all public schools are located in rural areas (Ayers, 2011). Educational opportunity in rural districts has been plagued by geographic isolation, loss of economic bases, and lack of capital (both financial and political) to voice the need for resources. To be clear, this volume does not present chapters that detail educational opportunity in rural districts and schools from a deficit perspective. Instead, chapters in this volume offer insight into both micro? and macro?level policies and practices that shape educational opportunities for students in rural schools and districts. As such, chapters in this volume investigate the “now” of educational opportunity for rural students and makes recommendations and suggestions for “later”. Given that, we are reminded of James Coleman’s (1975) thesis, “Education is a means to an end, and equal opportunity refers to later in life rather than the educational process itself” (p.28).This book will be organized into two distinct sections. The first section, comprised of chapters that examine educational opportunity in rural districts from a micro?level perspective, is devoted to chapters that broadly examine the implications of state and federal policy on educational opportunity in rural schools and districts. The second section, which includes case studies of rural districts in the American South, Appalachia, and the Northeast, takes a macro?level approach to examining educational opportunity in rural districts. Combined, chapters throughout the book provide readers with both an overview and a specific snapshot of educational opportunity in rural schools. Given the breadth and scope of chapters included in this volume, we believe the book adds tremendously to the education policy literature, as this vantage point has rarely been included in larger education policy discussions.

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Book SynopsisRural Education in America provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the diversity and complexity of rural communities in the United States and for helping rural educators implement and evaluate successful place-based programs tailored for students and their families. Written by educators who grew up in rural America and returned there to raise their children, the book illustrates how efficacy is determined by the degrees to which instruction, interventions, and programs address the needs and strengths of each unique rural community. Geoff and Sky Marietta weave research, compelling case studies, and personal experience to illustrate effective approaches along the P-16 pipeline. Emphasizing the value and vitality of these communities, the authors advocate for solutions that fit the sociocultural and historical reality of the community, rather than strategies that fundamentally support out-migration. They also provide tools that can be used to evaluate rural educational initiatives and implement place-based strategies that are aligned with the strengths of a particular community.Rural Education in America includes examples from a range of geographic locations, including Eastern Washington, Montana, Ohio, northern Minnesota, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kentucky, and the Navajo Nation. Core chapters focus on critical issues for advancing rural education including early literacy, STEM education, and college completion while highlighting successful programs and partnerships in these areas. This book presents a vision of what rural education can be and how it can attend to the well-being of the people, places, and regions that it serves.

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Book Synopsis* Takes a new slant on an increasingly important development issue * There is a noticeable gap in extant literature concerning positive factors beneficial to rural women’s leadership development. This book addresses that gap through a concentrated focus on the presence of such positive factors and the ways in which they contribute to the success of rural women in overcoming barriers to leadership. * The dynamic relationship of External and Internal Factors is highlighted through distillation into five Key Factors cited by rural women as not only supportive of their leadership development, but also as crucial to the development of aspiring rural women leaders.Table of ContentsA: Introduction 1: Situating the Study: A Review of Relevant Literature 2: Introducing the Methodology and Participants 3: Setting a Baseline: Case Studies 4: Listening Closely: External, Internal and Key Factors B: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalized world. It analyses their development in specific places and the effects of the increasing connectedness and mobility of people. It integrates global experiences by discussing mobility, agriculture, gender identities and international development. Each theme is introduced with an overview of the state of the art in that specific area and integrates the case studies that follow. The contributors present empirical work from the global north and south and, more particularly, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, UK, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, India, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. The first section explores gender differences in mobility patterns and analyses how mobility affects rural gender identities and relations. The second section focuses on the development of agricultural and rural policies, the response of individuals within farm households, and the implications for gender relations in rural areas. The third section focuses on the construction of identities and the changes occurring in the definition of rural femininity and masculinity as a result of rural transformations. The fourth section examines the role of international development policies in advancing women's well-being in the less developed parts of the world, and some of the unintended consequences of such interventions. The book closes with conclusions and reflections on the position of gender in rural research agendas and in rural academia more generally. Key features: · Empircal work from a wide range of geographical areas · Examines how gender identities are constructed in rural agriculture · Considers how effective development policies are in improving women's well-being This book will be of interest to researchers in rural development and gender issues in the global North and South, and to students of rural sociology, social geography, development studies and gender studies.Table of Contents1: Gender and Rural Globalization: An Introduction to International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development 2: Gender and Mobility 3: Women’s Migration for Work: The Case of Ukrainian Caregivers in Rural Italy 4: Gender, Migration and Rural Livelihoods in Uzbekistan in Times of Change 5: ‘There is Dignity only with Livestock’: Land Grabbing and the Changing Social Practices of Pastoralist Women in Gujarat, India 6: Gender and Rural Migration in Mexico and the Caribbean 7: Gender and Agriculture 8: The Genderness of Climate Change, Australia 9: Where Family, Farm and Society Intersect: Values of Women Farmers in Sweden 10: Women Farmers and Agricultural Extension/Education in Slovenia and Greece 11: The Agency Paradox: The Impact of Gender(ed) Frameworks on Irish Farm Youth 12: Rurality and Gender Identity 13: Rural Women Leaders: Identity Formation in Rural Northern Ireland 14: Gender Identities and Divorce among Farmers in Norway 15: Merging Masculinities: Exploring Intersecting Masculine Identities on Family Farms 16: Creating ‘Masculine’ Spaces for ‘Feminine’ Emotions – Men and Social Inclusion 17: Gender Desegregation among Village Representatives in Poland: Towards Breaking the Male Domination in Local Politics? 18: Gender and International Development 19: Gender Transitions in Agriculture and Food Systems 20: ‘Glocal’ Networking for Gender Equality and Sustainable Livelihoods 21: Sugar and Gender Relations in Malawi 22: The Role of Gender Indicators in Rural Development Programmes 23: Beneficial for Women? Global Trends in Gender, Land and Titling 24: Conclusions – Future Directions

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Book SynopsisA richly detailed history of Ashdown Forest -- home of Winnie-the-Pooh. The seeming tranquility of many rural landscapes can hide a combative history. This biography of one such landscape, Ashdown Forest in the Weald of Sussex, exemplifies the evolving conflicts that have taken place over many centuries. Wealth and poverty, power and exclusion, have all characterised this landscape through the ages. When a thirteenth-century boundary was erected to form a hunting park it was imposed upon a landscape which for centuries had provided sustenance for peasant families, for swine herds, for itinerant groups, all of whom had developed grazing and collecting rights and customary ties with the area. Conflict between manorial lords and commoners, "turbulent foresters", was born, and the evolution of this conflict over succeeding centuries is the recurring motif of this book. We move through the exploitation of iron ore and timber during the Tudor period, learn of the real threats of enclosure, of military occupation, to be followed by a landscape aesthetic bringing wealthy incomers, attracted by scenery easily reachable from London by train. All sides felt that the Forest was theirs by right. Victorian law-suits, twentieth-century protective legislation and a growing environmental consciousness have all left their mark. And the struggle for Ashdown continues amid ongoing development pressures. This book demonstrates that multi-layered conflict has been a characteristic feature of what still miraculously remains the largest area of internationally recognised heath in the South-East of England.Trade ReviewThe book is well-produced, selectively illustrated, thoroughly referenced and intelligently indexed, as one expects of the Boydell Press. -- Local HistorianTable of ContentsList of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Editorial conventions 1. Introduction: a forest landscape 2. The Natural Capital of Ashdown 3. Ashdown before the Forest 4. Ashdown emerges and the Landscape fills up, 1086-1485 5. Society and Community on Ashdown Forest, 1500-1800 6. Ashdown's forest economy 7. Threats to Ashdown Forest 8. Victorian Ashdown: a changing setting for an escalating conflict 9. The Ashdown Forest Dispute 10. The early years of formal conservation, 1885-1914 11. Ashdown in War and Peace, 1914-1945 12. Ashdown's historic present from 1945 13. Forest conflicts: a conclusion Glossary Ashdown Forest: select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFirst comparative study of landless households brings out their major role in European history and society. The numbers of landless people - those lacking formal rights to land, or possessing only tiny smallholdings - grew rapidly across post-medieval Europe, as rural population and economic growth divided landowners and farmers from (increasingly) landless rural workers. But they have hitherto been relatively neglected, a gap which this volume, covering Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, France and Spain from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries, aims to fill, making creative use of a diverse range of unexplored sources. Instead of concentrating on the well-documented cases of landholding peasants, it explores the many different experiences of the numerous rural landless. It explains how their households were formed (often in the face of economic difficulties and official hostility), how all the members of a family contributed to its survival, how the landless related to other social groups and negotiated access to vital resources, and how they adapted as rural society was changed by war, politics, agrarian and industrial development, government policy and welfare systems. Contributors: Arnau Barquer i Cerdà, John Broad, ⴕ Dieter Bruneel, Christine Fertig, Henry French, Margareth Lanzinger, Jonas Lindström, Riikka Miettinen, Richard Paping, Wouter Ronsijn, Merja Uotila, Nadine VivierTable of ContentsIntroduction - Christine Fertig, Richard Paping & Henry French 1. The treballadors of Girona: evidence of the emergence of wage labour in early modern Catalonia (16th and 17th centuries) - Arnau Barquer i Cerdà 2. The squatter economy of the English countryside - building new landless communities in England c. 1600-1900 - John Broad 3. The rise of landless households in the Dutch countryside c. 1600-1900 - Richard Paping 4. 'Gaining ground' in Flanders after the 1840s: access to land and the coping mechanisms of landless and semi-landless households, c. 1850-1900 - Wouter Ronsijn 5. Strategies of survival, landlessness, and forest settlement in Flanders: the Forest of Houthulst in a changing landscape of survival (c. 1500-1900) - † Dieter Bruneel 6. Landless and pauper households in England c. 1760-1835: A comparison of two southern English rural communities - Henry French 7. Landless rural households in France 1852-1910 - Nadine Vivier 8. Survival in a hostile agrarian regime: non-landed households in seventeenth-century Sweden and Finland - Riikka Miettinen & Jonas Lindström 9. Farming craftsmen? Access to land and the socio-economic position of rural artisans in early modern Finland - Merja Uotila 10. Landlessness and marriage restrictions: Tyrol and Vorarlberg in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - Margareth Lanzinger 11. Cottages, barns and bake houses: Landless rural households in North-western Germany in the eighteenth century - Christine Fertig

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Book SynopsisSettlements at the Edge examines the evolution, characteristics, functions and shifting economic basis of settlements in sparsely populated areas of developed nations. With a focus on demographic change, the book features theoretical and applied cases, which explore the interface between demography, economy, wellbeing and the environment. This book offers a comprehensive and insightful knowledge base for understanding the role of population in shaping the development and histories of northern sparsely populated areas of developed nations including Alaska (USA), Australia, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland and other nations with territories within the Arctic Circle.In the past, many remote settlements were important bases for opening up vast areas for resource extraction, working as strategic centers and as national representations of the conquering of frontiers. With increased contemporary interest from governments, policy makers, multinational companies and other stakeholders, this book explores the importance of understanding relationships between settlement populations and the economy at the local level. It features international and expert contributors who present insightful case studies on the role of human geography, primarily population issues, in shaping the past, present and future of settlements in remote areas. They also provide analysis on opportunities and challenges for northern settlements and the effects of climate change, resource futures, and tourism. A chapter on the issues of populating future space settlements highlights that many issues for settlement change and functions in isolated and remote spatial realms are universal. This book will appeal to those interested in the past, present and future importance of settlements 'at the edge' of developed nations as well as those working in policy and program contexts. College students enrolled in courses such as demography, population studies, human studies, regional development, social policy and/or economics will find value in this book as well.Contributors include: P. Berggren, D. Bird, O.J. Borch, A. Boyle, H. Brokensha, F. Brouard, D. Carson, D. Carson, T. Carter, B. Charters, J. Cleary, J. Cokley, S. de la Barre, W. Edwards, S. Eikeland, M. Eimermann, P.C. Ensign, J. Garrett, G. Gísladóttir, K. Golebiowska, J. Guenther, P. Hanrick, L. Harbo, S. Harwood, P. Heinrich, L. Huskey, G. Jóhannesdóttir, I. Kelman, A. Koch, N. Krasnoshtanova, V. Kuklina, J. Lovell, R. Marjavaara, M. McAuliffe, R. McLeman, J.J. McMurtry, T. Nilsen, L.M. Nilsson, P. Peters, A. Petrov, G. Pétursdóttir, B. Prideaux, W. Rankin, J. Roto, J. Salmon, G. Saxinger, A. Schoo, P. Sköld, A. Taylor, M. Thompson, P. Timony, A. Vuin, M. Warg Næss, E. Wenghofer, E. Wensing, D.R. White, D ZoellnerTrade Review'This book is truly international in relevance and its authorship - with over 50 authors from at least 10 different countries. The topics covered are wide-ranging yet comprehensive and unified by an interesting descriptive theory (the 8 D's of Beyond Periphery). The book's contents, and the 8D's theory in particular, should be essential reading and provide rich food for thought (and possibly debate) for anyone researching the demographics or economics of remote communities, or more generally anyone grappling with the complexities of trying to contribute to sustainable futures for these communities.' --Anthony Barnes, Charles Darwin University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Tomas Mörtsell Preface PART I SETTLEMENT HISTORIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS 1 Introduction: settlements at the edge Andrew Taylor 2 The dynamic history of government settlements at the edge Lee Huskey and Andrew Taylor 3 Boom back or blow back? Growth strategies in mono-industrial resource towns – ‘east’ and ‘west’ Gertrude Saxinger, Andrey Petrov, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Vera Kuklina and Doris A. Carson 4 International migration and the changing nature of settlements at the edge Kate Golebiowska, Tom Carter, Alicia Boyle and Andrew Taylor 5 Gender matters: the importance of gender to settlements at the edge of the Nordic Arctic Lisbeth Harbo and Johanna Roto 6 Place-based planning in remote regions: Cape York Peninsula, Australia and Nunavut, Canada Sharon Harwood, Ed Wensing and Prescott C. Ensign PART II UNDERSTANDING SETTLEMENT POPULATIONS IN SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS 7 Sources of data for settlement level analyses in sparsely populated areas Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Huw Brokensha 8 New mobilities – new economies? Temporary populations and local innovation capacity in sparsely populated areas Doris A. Carson, Jen Cleary, Suzanne de la Barre, Marco Eimermann and Roger Marjavaara 9 Land rights and their influence on settlement patterns Jan Salmon and Wayne Edwards 10 Re-evolution of growth pole settlements in northern peripheries? Reflecting the emergence of an LNG hub in Northern Australia with experiences from Northern Norway Sveinung Eikeland, Trond Nilsen and Andrew Taylor 11 Contemporary Aboriginal settlements: understanding mixed-market approaches Judith Lovell, Don Zoellner, John Guenther, François Brouard and J.J. McMurtry 12 Modelling settlement futures: techniques and challenges Paul Peters, Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson and Andreas Koch PART III FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR SETTLEMENTS AT THE EDGE 13 Climate change and settlement level impacts Deanne Bird, Robert McLeman, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Ilan Kelman, Marius Warg Næss and Gurun Jóhannesdóttir 14 Recruitment and retention of professional labour: the health workforce at settlement level Dean B. Carson, Elizabeth Wenghofer, Patrick Timony, Adrian Schoo, Peter Berggren and Brian Charters 15 Renewing and re-invigorating settlements: a role for tourism? Bruce Prideaux, Michelle Thompson and Sharon Harwood 16 The local demography of resource economies: long-term implications of natural resource industries for demographic development in sparsely populated areas Dean B. Carson, Peter Sköld, Doris A. Carson and Lena Maria Nilsson 17 Entrepreneurship and innovation at the edge: creating inducements for people and place Prescott C. Ensign and Odd Jarl Borch 18 The ultimate edge: the case for planning media for sustaining space communities John Cokley, William Rankin, Marisha McAuliffe, Pauline Heinrich and Phillipa Hanrick 19 Conclusion Dean B. Carson Index

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Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information

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Book SynopsisThis book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, information and knowledge intermediaries, and facilitating change in agricultural systems and settings. The book includes: -Views from diverse academic disciplines as well as practitioners with experience of implementing mobile applications and agriculture information systems in differing country contexts. -Case studies from a range of developing countries and information from across the public and private sector. -A set of practitioner guidelines for successful implementation of digital technologies. With contributions reaching beyond just a technological perspective, the book also provides a consideration of social and cultural factors and new forms of organization and institutional change in agricultural and rural settings. An invaluable read for researchers in international development, socio-economics and agriculture, it forms a useful resource for practitioners working in the area.Table of ContentsSection 1: Creating and Sharing Knowledge 1: Mobile Phone Applications for Weather and Climate Information for Smallholder Farmer Decision Making 2: Smartphones Supporting Monitoring Functions: Experiences from Sweet Potato Vine Distribution in sub-Saharan Africa 3: Customized Information Delivery for Dryland Farmers 4: mNutrition: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Content Development Section 2: Information and Knowledge Intermediaries 5: Introducting a Technology Stewardship Model to Encourage ICT Adoption in Agricultural Communities of Practice: Reflections on a Canada/Sri Lanka Partnership Project 6: Reducing Transaction Costs in Contract Farming Arrangements: the Case of Farmforce 7: Adoption of ICT Products and Services among Rice Farmers in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone 8: The Effect of ICTs on Agricultural Distribution Channels in Mexico Section 3: Facilitating Change in Agricultural Systems 9: Towards Alternate Theories of Change for M4ARD 10: Mobile for Agriculture (m4Agric) Services: Evidence from East Africa 11: Understanding the Impacts of Mobile Technology on Smallholder Agriculture 12: Farmerline: a For-profit Agtech Company with a Social Mission 13: Best Practice Lessons and Sources of Further Information

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Book SynopsisThis timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in rapidly urbanising areas. Analysing 12 key case studies from across four continents, it demonstrates changes in land and housing tenancy systems, showing how communities have revolted against the land hunger of speculators, agrobusiness and technocratic local authorities. Contributions from an international team of researchers, policy analysts and experts explore both neoliberal urban development policies and socially innovative initiatives, discussing different modes of solidarity action and commons building to ensure both access to land and housing security. Chapters also introduce a critical governance perspective to land tenure dynamics and examine the increasingly prominent hybridisation of land use rights systems and land markets, providing a state-of-the-art reflection of the field and contributing to an agenda for future research, policy and practice. Academics studying urban and regional planning, social innovation, and commoning will find this book to be essential reading. It will also interest policy makers and civil society organisations looking for a stronger understanding of land dynamics and urbanisation in order to set up new forms of land governance. Contributors include: P. Abramo, A.M. Brown, N. Busscher, N. Carofilis, C. Collado Solís, V. d'Auria Anitha, C.E. Estrada, L.A. Flores Hernandez, E.T. Gbeckor-Kove, A. Hasan, I. Hiergens, R. Krueger, A. Mehmood, L. Miranda, F. Moulaert, O.A. Nyapala, B. Pak, C. Parra, G. Payne, O. Peek, M. Quintana Molina, A. Sadiq, K. Scheerlinck, A. Suseelan, PVK Rameshwar, C. Tavares e Silva, G. Testori, S. Ud Din Ahmed, P. Van den Broeck, H. VerschureTrade Review‘The important and welcome contribution of the book is in enriching the studies of the politics of urbanization with multiple new case-studies from under-studied locations. The research locations presented in the book are abundant. Such a diversity enables us to explore various points along the spectrum of issues of community, housing, and land that characterize so much of the current urban processes.’ -- Tomer Dekel, Geography Research Forum'This interesting book offers a diversity of understandings of how joint efforts to access land and land tenure enable communities and empower them to be part of their own governance, not only through the official land development and planning processes but also through informal, collective and complex community social innovations. A must read for those who are interested in understanding the processes of land development through a new, community focussed lens.' --Tuna Tasan-Kok, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1 The hybrid of land taking and land making 1 Pieter Van den Broeck, Asiya Sadiq, Ide Hiergens, Monica Quintana Molina, Han Verschure and Frank Moulaert 2 The COMP-FUSE city: informal land market and urban structure in Latin American Metropolises 18 Pedro Abramo 3 Options for intervention: increasing tenure security for community development and urban transformation 41 Geoffrey Payne 4 Analysing the governance of land grabbing from a combined political ecology and environmental justice perspective 59 Nienke Busscher, Robert Krueger and Constanza Parra 5 What we learned from HABITAT 1976 to HABITAT 2016 77 Han Verschure 6 The changing nature of informal settlements in the megapolis in South Asia: the case of Karachi, Pakistan 91 Arif Hasan 7 The hillside poor at risk? Land trafficking in Jose Carlos Mariátegui at the outskirts of Lima, Peru 109 Carlos Escalante Estrada and Liliana Miranda 8 Addressing the housing shortage without building cities: The Minha Casa Minha Vida Program, Brazil 125 Carolina Tavares e Silva 9 Urban planning, land management and the stubborn realities of informal urbanisation in peri-urban areas around Accra, Ghana 136 Eden Tekpor Gbeckor-Kove 10 Vulnerability of urban ecology of Bangalore: an examination of its contention with the politics of land administration 153 Anitha Suseelan and PVK Rameshwar 11 Co-producing alternative urban imaginaries in the contested riverbank settlements of Guayaquil, Ecuador 166 Olga Peek, Nelson Carofilis and Viviana d’Auria 12 Revisiting the Mexican Ejido: envisioning alternative land tenures in Guadalajara, Mexico 181 Luis Angel Flores Hernandez 13 Informal power structures: towards provision of services and security of tenure 195 Saeed Ud Din Ahmed, Abid Mehmood, Alison M. Brown 14 Self-government and social innovation in Atucucho, Quito 214 Giulia Testori 15 Community management of the waterfront: exploring the significance of social and cultural identity 228 Okoko Anita Nyapala 16 Challenging the agro-industrial governance of land use rights: the experience of community-supported agriculture in peri-urban Flanders 246 Carmen Collado Solís and Pieter Van den Broeck 17 Studying the interrelationship of the formal and informal processes in the making of collective spaces: the case of Place Liedts and environs, Schaerbeek, Brussels 263 Asiya Sadiq, Kris Scheerlinck and Burak Pak Index 282

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Setting out a new, path-breaking research agenda for global rural development, this timely book offers an innovative and embedded rural social science capable of both understanding and enacting progress towards diverse and sustainable pathways. It relocates rural development at the heart of global trends associated with widespread but uneven urbanisation, climate change and severe resource depletion, rising population growth, density and inequality, and global political, economic and health crises.Chapters collapse traditional binary notions of development as north-south, rural-urban, global-local and traditional modern, embracing a revised conceptualisation of uneven development as a process dependent upon multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks. It offers potential routes for substantive, interlinked research agendas, including new ruralities, governance, land rights, agro-ecology, financialisation, power relations, family farming, and the role of markets.Scholars of geography, planning, rural sociology and rural-urban studies looking for a broader understanding of the topic will find this book essential. It will also be beneficial for those engaged in rural development policy and practice.Trade Review‘This book makes an interesting contribution to rural studies, informed by a solid grounding in the history of the discipline. It is surely correct to work toward eroding the division between rural and urban studies and the book provides a good guide to anyone looking for a broad description of the issues facing global development.’ -- Selyf Morgan, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘This book makes a significant and valuable contribution to interdisciplinary rural studies. It centres the rural and rurality while breaking down barriers, divides and binaries between the rural and the urban. It identifies key areas of rural research, as well as their relevant debates and bodies of literature, which will be indispensable for anyone interested in researching or working in and on rural spaces and places.’ -- Miles Kenney-Lazar, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography'Rural spaces, while still under-threat, also represent sites of incredible experimentation, innovation and resistance. In an era of growing ecological and economic crisis, this book represents a much needed addition to the literature showing rurality as site for contestation and socio-ecological redemption.' --Michael Carolan, Colorado State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. New ruralities and centralities for rural development 2. Changing questions of governance: reflexive and disruptive governance in the Anthropocene 3. New power configurations and transformations 4. Financialization and nested vulnerabilities. The rise of fictitious capital in placing agrarian change 5. Re-claiming land: questions of land rights and the management of the biosphere 6. Agroecology: a new paradigm for rural development? 7. Family farming in changing agricultural social structures 8. The power of the new markets Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has been remarkable. However, the rapid expansion of the phenomenon has yielded several concerns over its potentially negative economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts are highlighted in policy agendas as an emerging problem encountered by many local communities in destinations experiencing a boom in P2P accommodation. Specifically, concerns have been raised over the impact of the growth of P2P accommodation on local housing markets, residents' well-being and the environment as a result of the touristification of residential areas. In fact, many observers accuse P2P accommodation of fuelling the 'overtourism' problem that several destinations face. This edited book addresses the need to examine the P2P accommodation phenomenon from a community resilience lens. In particular, through a collection of chapters presenting a range of empirical and conceptual perspectives from urban and rural communities, the book considers the implications of P2P accommodation growth on the resilience of local communities and the sustainable development of places. This book highlights: · The rapid growth of P2P accommodation yields economic, social and environmental negative impacts on destinations. · The P2P accommodation sector is evolving towards professionalization which, in turns, creates further implications for local community resilience. · This book draws attention towards the need to examine the nexus between P2P accommodation, sustainability and local community resilience. · The collection of chapters presents empirical and conceptual perspectives from urban and rural communities. · Chapters impart significant insights to policymakers, practitioners and academics in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Mobile Gentrifiers and Leavers: Tourist Dwelling as an Agent of Exclusion in Barcelona Chapter 2: Social Exchanges and P2P accommodation: Residents’ Perceptions in a Neighbourhood Context Chapter 3: Airbnb Host Responsibilities and Community Resilience: The case of Japan Chapter 4: Peer-to-peer accommodation and resilient hosts in Split: The case of Radunica Street Chapter 5: Perceived impacts of STRs in the local community in the United Kingdom Chapter 6: Airbnb guests’ pro-environmental behaviour and community resilience: Mitigating the negative impacts of Airbnb tourism Chapter 7: Reframing rurality: the impact of Airbnb on second home communities in Wales and Sweden Chapter 8: Local Commitment and Withdrawal in Wake of Conspicuous Airbnb-Place Dynamics on a Cold-Water Island Chapter 9: P2P Accommodation as a Peacebuilding Tool: Community Resilience and Group Membership Chapter 10: “Not in my stairway”: How do neighbours cope with P2P rentals in housing cooperatives? Chapter 11: Understanding the Airbnb community and its community impact. The use of scenarios to build resilience

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Book SynopsisIn Arctic and northern communities, livelihoods and land use depend heavily on natural resources. Decision-making processes around the use of natural resources are often contested and given their importance to these communities the participation of local stakeholders is vital. This timely book presents practices that have been developed with key stakeholders to improve the collection and utilization of locally relevant knowledge in land use planning. Chapters illustrate how indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) can be made spatially explicit by using, for example, participatory GIS. Focusing on countries including Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, this book pays particular attention to the recognized challenges of these regions, including the relationships between local and national actors and indigenous and other local populations.Sharing Knowledge for Land Use Management will be a key resource for students and researchers of geography, planning, regional and tourism studies as well as planning authorities and consultants, offering new ideas and tools for the inclusion of local knowledge in decision making processes.Trade Review‘The importance of public participation in decision-making has for decades been acknowledged, but cost-effective tools are unfortunately still lacking. The book emphasizes opportunities offered by the rapid technical development within geographical information systems (GIS) that greatly facilitate public participation and co-operation between the public, academics and political decision makers. The book is well organized, with easily readable texts for non-experts, and is highly recommended for anyone interested in improving social equity in decision-making.’ -- Guðrún Pétursdóttir, University of Iceland‘Increasingly, researchers working in northern contexts are required to bring different groups and types of knowledge together to better inform policies, practices, and decisions related to natural resource governance. Many efforts thus far have proven unsuccessful. The value of this book is that it demonstrates effective methods for generating shared knowledge, illustrating ways that both western scientists and indigenous peoples can work together using contemporary approaches to foster common interests and advance a sustainable and shared future.’ -- Maureen G. Reed, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘Lapland in Finland, with Rovaniemi as its capital, has become an important international tourism destination in recent years due to its natural environment, clean air, tourism activities and northern lights. This edited volume is very timely in that it offers great ideas and tools to address the ever more urgent issue of developing tourism in a sustainable way and reconciling it with other land use modes.’ -- Esko Lotvonen, Mayor of Rovaniemi, Lapland, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiv 1 Building shared knowledge capital to support natural resource governance in the northern periphery: concepts and challenges 1 John McDonagh, Seija Tuulentie and Ari Nikula 2 Indigenous and local knowledge in land use planning: a comparative analysis 16 Minna Turunen, Inkeri Markkula, Karl Brix Zinglersen, Hans Holt Poulsen, Per Sandström and Stefan Sandström 3 Whose knowledge is it anyway? Apprehensions around sharing knowledge of natural resources in the northern peripheries 29 Seija Tuulentie, Gun Lidestav, Inkeri Markkula, Karl Brix Zinglersen, Marie Søndergaard and Minna Turunen 4 Traditional knowledge and natural resource governance: a gender perspective 42 Gun Lidestav, Ragnhei›ur Bogadóttir, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Per Sandström and Stefan Sandström 5 Who is the public and where is participation in participatory GIS and public participation GIS 55 Stefan Sandström, Per Sandström and Ari Nikula 6 PPGIS for a better understanding of people’s values: experiences from Finland and the Faroe Islands 70 Ari Nikula, Minna Turunen, Ragnhei›ur Bogadóttir, Inkeri Markkula and Sini Kantola 7 The contradictory role of tourism in the northern peripheries: overcrowding, overtourism and the importance of tourism for rural development 86 Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Seija Tuulentie, Gestur Hovgaard, Karl Brix Zinglersen, Marita Svartá, Hans Holt Poulsen and Marie Søndergaard 8 ‘Nothing is sustainable the way it is’ – reflections on local sustainability perceptions and interpretations 100 John McDonagh, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Louise Weir, Marie Mahon, Maura Farrell and Therese Conway 9 ‘There’s no transfer of knowledge, it’s all one way’ – the importance of integrating local knowledge and fostering knowledge sharing practices in natural resource utilisation 116 John McDonagh, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir, Louise Weir, Marie Mahon, Maura Farrell, Johannes Welling and Therese Conway 10 ‘Who knew digitizing and dialogue could change the course of reindeer herding rights? We know, now’: building bridges between knowledge systems and over highways 130 Per Sandström, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Stefan Sandström, Niklas Jonsson, Gun Lidestav and Tobias Jonsson 11 Social licence to operate: is local acceptance of economic development enhancing social sustainability? 144 Leena Suopajärvi, Arvid Viken, Gaute Svensson and Sanna Pettersson 12 Participation, local knowledge and decision-making: challenging the boundaries, realizing the opportunities 160 John McDonagh and Seija Tuulentie Index 171

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together experts from around the world to reflect critically on the relationship between tourism and rural community development. It first orients the reader in the important conceptual and epistemological foundations of the topic, before moving to consider key concepts and the most significant and salient theoretical and methodological developments in the field.Chapters written by a range of well-established, leading and emerging scholars in the field consider crucial issues facing tourism development in rural communities across different geographical settings. The Handbook represents a variety of traditional and emerging forms of scholarly writing, including theoretically driven chapters, empirical case studies and first-person narratives, to offer a detailed study of the topic. With a forward-looking angle, it studies tourism development in rural areas, including working with rural communities, tourism governance and ethical considerations. Chapters also consider new directions in the field, examining food and tourism, degrowth, landscapes, animals, social impacts and women social entrepreneurs.This comprehensive and innovative Handbook offers a wealth of empirical and theoretical knowledge on tourism and rural community development, and as such will be a critical resource for tourism, development studies and human geography scholars and students.Trade Review‘Stretching well beyond the typical examination of rural tourist experiences, the authors of this collected volume set rural places and their communities front and center, driving home the message that there is no such thing as ‘good’ tourism development if it is not good for local lives and livelihoods. Both students and seasoned researchers will appreciate the book’s conceptual and epistemological content—a rarity in a research area that has largely focused on case studies. Particularly noteworthy for its global reach and inclusion of Indigenous and Black voices advocating for decolonization, this book is sure to become the foundational text on rural tourism in the post-Covid rebuild.’ -- Kellee Caton, Thompson Rivers University ne Secwepemcu'lecw, Canada‘This excellent Handbook is essential reading for anyone concerned with rural development and tourism. It is full of empirical examples and crucial concepts that affect rural communities everywhere. This collection satisfies any inquisitive mind with its balanced treatment of the ups and downs of tourism as a rural development tool.’ -- Dallen J. Timothy, Arizona State University, US‘In the wake of the recent global pandemic, tourism scholars are contending with what will follow. This work analyses the role of tourism in rural community development, with contributions from leading and emerging tourism scholars. Together, they present critical and even radical insights into the value of tourism that go far beyond its economics. Questioning the purposes of tourism, this volume centres communities and suggests the ways in which tourism can be better shaped for positive rural community futures.’ -- Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: understanding rural community development and tourism in challenging times 1 Heather Mair PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 2 Understanding rural communities 15 Michael Woods 3 Understanding rural tourism 29 Donald G. Reid 4 Understanding rural development 41 Kelly Vodden, Mery Angeles Perez and Brady Reid PART II EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, PARADIGMS, AND WORLDVIEWS 5 Post-positivism and mixed methods research in rural tourism 62 Girish Prayag 6 Interpretive approaches to research with rural communities: privileging emotion in tourism encounters 76 Meghan Muldoon 7 Decolonial pedagogies as a pathway to transformational learning for rural community and tourism development 88 Christine N. Buzinde 8 Interpreting the social impacts of tourism-led rural regeneration: the case of the Alps to Ocean (A2O) Cycle Trail 99 Michael Mackay, Nick Taylor, Harvey C. Perkins and Tracy Nelson 9 Building rapport à soi: thinking critically about rural community tourism development 113 Keith Hollinshead and Heather Mair 10 Refusing tourism 125 tebrakunna country, Emma Lee and Bryan S.R. Grimwood PART III KEY CONCEPTUALIZATIONS 11 Gender and rural tourism 140 Katherine Dashper 12 Food, tourism, and rural community development: close encounters of the nourishing kind? 153 Jennifer Sumner 13 Heritage, heritage interpretation and rural tourism 166 Bernard Lane 14 Climate change 180 Mark C.J. Stoddart and Yixi Yang 15 Tourism: vulnerability and resiliency in rural regions 194 David W. Marcouiller 16 Degrowing rural tourism development: thinking globally to save the local 205 Alexander Safonov and C. Michael Hall 17 Understanding a multifunctional rural tourism landscape: a case study of the Upper Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 218 Sinead Francis-Coan and Annæ Buchmann 18 Creatively regenerating St. Jacobs Village 235 Tawsif Dowla and Karla A. Boluk PART IV PROCESSES AND PRACTICES 19 Ethical considerations for rural community tourism 254 Tazim Jamal and Blanca Camargo 20 Sustainable tourism development in rural areas: an alternative paradigm using the appreciative inquiry approach 272 Roslizawati Che Aziz 21 Tourism governance for rural community well-being: challenges and creative opportunities 286 Gianna Moscardo 22 “Salvaging” presence: tourism as regional development strategies for rural communities 301 Dominic Lapointe 23 Rural communities, tourism, and the roles of academics 316 Bernard Lane PART V EMERGING MATTERS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 24 Community events, rural–urban interdependencies, and rural community development 332 Kyle Rich 25 Centering animals within rural tourism 344 Carol Kline 26 Shifting from benefiting to serving community: a case of regenerative tourism and building cultural capital through the Children’s University Tasmania 359 Can-Seng Ooi and Becky Shelley 27 Exploring the regenerative practices of Canadian women tourism social entrepreneurs: a feminist ethic of care 373 Karla A. Boluk, Gaurav Panse, and Sung Eun Jeon 28 Transforming a dogsledding community: the ‘Gafsele Open’ and lifestyle migrants in sparsely populated northern Sweden 386 Marco Eimermann, Doris A. Carson and Linda Lundmark 29 Traveling workers as rural tourists: extending understandings from Tibetan travelers 403 Xiaotao Yang 30 Conclusion: inspiring a radical politics of community-controlled rural tourism 417 Heather Mair Index

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Book SynopsisRethinking Rural Studies presents an explicitly trans-disciplinary perspective on rural social science. David L. Brown and Mark Shucksmith identify emerging issues and research avenues on the topic, highlighting opportunities for rural studies to contribute towards greater collective wellbeing.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Setting out a new, path-breaking research agenda for global rural development, this timely book offers an innovative and embedded rural social science capable of both understanding and enacting progress towards diverse and sustainable pathways. It relocates rural development at the heart of global trends associated with widespread but uneven urbanisation, climate change and severe resource depletion, rising population growth, density and inequality, and global political, economic and health crises.Chapters collapse traditional binary notions of development as north-south, rural-urban, global-local and traditional modern, embracing a revised conceptualisation of uneven development as a process dependent upon multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks. It offers potential routes for substantive, interlinked research agendas, including new ruralities, governance, land rights, agro-ecology, financialisation, power relations, family farming, and the role of markets.Scholars of geography, planning, rural sociology and rural-urban studies looking for a broader understanding of the topic will find this book essential. It will also be beneficial for those engaged in rural development policy and practice.Trade Review‘This book makes an interesting contribution to rural studies, informed by a solid grounding in the history of the discipline. It is surely correct to work toward eroding the division between rural and urban studies and the book provides a good guide to anyone looking for a broad description of the issues facing global development.’ -- Selyf Morgan, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘This book makes a significant and valuable contribution to interdisciplinary rural studies. It centres the rural and rurality while breaking down barriers, divides and binaries between the rural and the urban. It identifies key areas of rural research, as well as their relevant debates and bodies of literature, which will be indispensable for anyone interested in researching or working in and on rural spaces and places.’ -- Miles Kenney-Lazar, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography'Rural spaces, while still under-threat, also represent sites of incredible experimentation, innovation and resistance. In an era of growing ecological and economic crisis, this book represents a much needed addition to the literature showing rurality as site for contestation and socio-ecological redemption.' --Michael Carolan, Colorado State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. New ruralities and centralities for rural development 2. Changing questions of governance: reflexive and disruptive governance in the Anthropocene 3. New power configurations and transformations 4. Financialization and nested vulnerabilities. The rise of fictitious capital in placing agrarian change 5. Re-claiming land: questions of land rights and the management of the biosphere 6. Agroecology: a new paradigm for rural development? 7. Family farming in changing agricultural social structures 8. The power of the new markets Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the social impact of migration, this book explores migration as an inevitable part of rural development and transition in light of the sharp political divides in European and national political arenas on the topic. It provides an innovative immigration impact assessment based on recently conducted empirical work to enhance local development in European rural and remote regions, looking to promote change in the perception of migration and related policies and practices.The book concentrates on third country nationals (TCNs), considering the spaces in which TCNs settle down as both the input and output of a process of collective production of places. Chapters analyse how the particular traits of rural and remote contexts interact with TCNs’ integration paths and impact, looking at how demographic trends, socio-economic dynamics and migration patterns to a specific region affect the opportunities, policy responses, societal attitudes and perceptions towards TCNs.With empirically grounded recommendations and advice on strategies and solutions to improve the local governance of migration, this book will be a useful tool for European policymakers. It will also be an informative and interesting read for regional studies, governance and human geography scholars focusing on migration.Trade Review‘With this book, the researchers of the MATILDE project fill an important research gap. Through the diversity of the case studies, the range of opportunities and challenges experienced in remote areas through third-country nationals are impressively exemplified. The book is a valuable addition to the literature, especially for migration studies and rural studies.’ -- Birte Nienaber, University of Luxembourg, LuxembourgTable of ContentsContents: 1 On the potential of immigration for the remote areas of Europe: an introduction 1 Jussi P. Laine, Daniel Rauhut and Marika Gruber PART I RECOGNITION, RENEGOTIATION, REVITALISATION 2 Appropriate housing in rural and mountain areas? Current structures and practices of access for immigrants – the case of Alpine regions in Austria and Germany 27 Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger, Ingrid Machold and Marika Gruber 3 Labour market shortages and exclusion practices: the irrationalities of the labour markets and the legislation 44 Marika Gruber, Kathrin Zupan, Nuria del Olmo Vicén and Raúl Lardiés-Bosque 4 Long-term needs to achieve social inclusionary pathways for migrants 60 Ingrid Machold, Thomas Dax and Lisa Bauchinger 5 Russian-speaking immigrants’ vulnerable transnational family lives on the border: the case of North Karelia 77 Pirjo Pöllänen, Lauri Havukainen and Olga Davydova-Minguet 6 De/re/bordering remoteness in times of crisis: migration for reterritorialization and revitalization of a remote region 93 Anna Krasteva 7 Migrating to Scottish insular communities: how remoteness affects integration by shaping borders and identities 111 Maria Luisa Caputo, Michele Bianchi and Simone Baglioni PART II CHALLENGES FOR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 8 The impact of foreign immigrants on the revitalization of rural areas in Spain 130 Raúl Lardiés-Bosque and Nuria del Olmo Vicén 9 Access to welfare policies by immigrants: comparing centralized and decentralized governance in the examples of Turkey and Spain 149 Põnar Uyan Semerci, Fatma Yõlmaz Elmas, Raœl LardiŽs Bosque and Nuria Del Olmo-Vicén 10 The local turn in migrant practices in Turkey: Syrians in Bursa 166 Ayhan Kaya 11 Immigrant integration in Austria and Sweden: a patchwork of multilevel governance and fragmented responsibilities 183 Marika Gruber and Daniel Rauhut 12 ‘A spanner in the works’: exploring the relationship between provision of welfare and integration in rural areas 201 Susanne Stenbacka and Tina Mathisen 13 Structures, trends and turning points of Norwegian and Swedish integration policies 218 Ulf Hansson, Akin Deniz, Zuzana Macuchova and Per Olav Lund 14 Conclusions: renegotiated remoteness and the social impact of immigration 237 Daniel Rauhut, Jussi P. Laine and Marika Gruber Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last four decades, China has witnessed dramatic economic growth, transforming into an economic powerhouse with considerable consequences for its rural regions. In this timely book, Guy M. Robinson adeptly navigates the principal elements, key events and significant changes of the transformation of China’s countryside.Chapters assess economic, social, and environmental aspects of China’s rural transformation, examining the central role of the Chinese Communist Party and government policies in shaping this change. Offering an interdisciplinary perspective, Robinson comprehensively explores the key events in the transition from a rural peasant society to a countryside that is a complex mosaic of ‘hollowed’ villages, ‘desakota’ peri-urban fringes, farming landscapes, tourist attractions, new villages, ‘left behind’ children and elderly, wholesale rural poverty alleviation, and degraded and newly restored ecosystems.This book will prove to be an essential read for academics and students of geopolitics, human geography, environmental studies, economics and finance, and development studies focusing on China. It will also be an invigorating read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Chinese and Asian studies.Trade Review‘This book offers an impressive and very insightful overview of China’s rural development policies since the 1980s and their outcomes. Guy M. Robinson tackles issues ranging from poverty alleviation, ecological restoration programs and the rise of cooperatives to land consolidation and agricultural modernization. He does not shy away from contentious issues like China’s one-child policy, forced resettlement policies, and rural development policies in western China’s ethnically and culturally diverse regions. A must-read for anyone interested in gaining an objective, science-based view of China’s rural transformation.’ -- Nico Heerink, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands‘Informed by half a century of research on rural and environmental dynamics and an extensive review of writings by Chinese scholars, Guy M. Robinson provides an accessible and comprehensive survey of China's multifaceted and uneven rural-urban, and accompanying agrarian, demographic and social transitions. Along the way, Transforming Rural China is also a valuable guide to further reading on an array of topics, from China's ecological discourses to regional development and rural tourism.’ -- James D Sidaway, National University of Singapore‘Professor Robinson gives us a unique and clear perspective on China’s rural transformation. He began with the guidance of a Cambridge-trained teacher who shared much of the Western bias towards China. Eventually, through his own endeavours, the collaboration of his Chinese students and friends, and numerous visits to China, he developed an understanding of rural China that most Westerners still do not comprehend, which he shares in this book.’ -- Helen Bao, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Approaches to rural transformation 2 Peasants no more? Social change in the countryside 3 Rural–urban migration and ‘hollowed’ villages 4 Desakota landscapes 5 From collectives to co-operatives 6 Modernising agriculture 7 Rural tourism and rediscovering rural heritage 8 Towards the ecological civilisation: conservation and afforestation 9 Building the rural future and alleviating rural poverty 10 Way out west: managing China’s ‘colonial’ frontier 11 Whither rural China? References

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Book SynopsisLooking beyond urban immigration, this ground-breaking book explores how immigrants can become a part of local communities in remote regions. Contributors argue that immigrant integration is place-dependent, and develop new theories, methodologies, and policies that address the specific dynamics of immigration to peripheral areas.Emphasising migrants’ attachments to the places they reside in, this book adopts a bottom-up approach to immigrant integration, prioritising the needs of individual agents. It highlights the various methodological flaws and ideological biases of existing theories of integration and provides novel solutions to integration problems. Chapters examine key features of immigration to remote places, including transnational social networks developed by migrants, and translocal and global understandings of place. Ultimately, the book reveals the multi-faceted, multi-layered and socially-constructed nature of immigrant integration.New Methods and Theory on Immigrant Integration will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars in international migration, human geography, ethnic relations, European studies, and sociology. It will also be essential reading for professionals in NGOs and political institutions seeking to develop effective immigration integration policies.Trade Review‘In our day and age, when migrants in the West are no longer confined to cities and metropoles, but also increasingly make their mark in the countryside and small towns, there is a dire need for scholarly research on migration outside urban areas. Wait no more. In Daniel Rauhut’s New Methods and Theory on Immigration Integration, all those sorely overlooked topics are carefully analyzed from refreshing perspectives by distinguished scholars in the field. Along with it, conventional wisdom is being challenged. Certainly, an extremely valuable research and teaching resource!’ -- Göran Adamson, Uppsala University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Preface ix 1 Methodological and theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration in rural and remote areas: an introduction 1 Daniel Rauhut 2 Theorising immigrant integration: a critical examination 13 Daniel Rauhut and Jussi P. Laine 3 Integration and rural space in Sweden: a three-dimensional approach 33 Susanne Stenbacka 4 Integrating remote places: a place-based perspective on integration in the Scottish Outer Hebrides 51 Maria Luisa Caputo, Michele Bianchi, and Simone Baglioni 5 Crossing the border: immigrant integration in a bordering perspective 68 Daniel Rauhut and Jussi P. Laine 6 Transcultural and post-migrant evidence in rural Carinthia: a conceptual approach 86 Marika Gruber 7 Subjective perceptions of immigrant integration: an example from rural Spain 104 Raúl Lardiés-Bosque and Nuria del Olmo-Vicén 8 Measuring immigrant integration – determining how, what, and who 123 Zuzana Macuchova and Daniel Rauhut 9 The methodology of immigrant integration: an epistemological perspective 142 Daniel Rauhut 10 Epilogue: what is lurking behind migrant integration? 163 Ayhan Kaya Index

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Book SynopsisDespite increasing disaster risk in South Asian countries, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are not yet at the forefront of development agendas. Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia provides a much-needed focus on the South Asian context, generating new insights and considering the policy implications of strategies for building resilient livelihoods. Recognising the diversity of South Asian countries in terms of culture, environment, livelihood patterns and socioeconomic and political structures, chapters consider risk landscape and resilience capacity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bringing critical attention to an emerging topic, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia breaks fresh ground by considering resilient livelihoods in terms of capacity, resources and policy within each country’s diverse local context. Delving into communities’ capacities to prevent displacement, their ability to mitigate protection risks during displacement and their options in terms of durable solutions, contributors offer a resilience building framework that incorporates common principles while also retaining a flexibility and adaptability for specific risk environments. Capturing the diverse context of the South Asian resilient livelihood framework, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia addresses a crucial gap for an interdisciplinary audience interested in urban and political sociology, social and cultural anthropology and disaster, development and South Asian studies.Table of ContentsForeword; Bayes Ahmed Chapter 1. Introduction: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 2. Research Trends on Natural Disasters in the Context of India: A Bibliometric Analysis; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 3. Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters in Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 4. Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods among the Afghan Urban Women; Marina Hamidazada and Ana Maria Cruz Chapter 5. Livelihood Resilience of Climate-Induced Displaced People in South Asia: Implications for Bangladesh; Md Nazirul Islam Sarker Chapter 6. An Assessment of Population Displacement and Resilience Livelihood Options among River Erosion-Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam and Walter Leal Filho Chapter 7. Community Resilience Initiatives among River Erosion Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 8. Disaster and Displacement: Opportunities and Challenges for Enhancing Resilience in Nepal; Raju Chauhan, Sudeep Thakuri, and Charles Pradhan Chapter 9. Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in Sri Lanka: Policy Imperatives; R. Lalitha S. Fernando, Manjitha Kavindi Siriwardhana, E. Achini Indrachapa Kularathna, and H. D. M. Kaushalya Geethamali Chapter 10. Conclusions: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam

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Book SynopsisThroughout their lifetime, men and women are subject to a wide variety of risks, such as illness, accident, death, or less directly, unemployment, crop failure, loss of property, disability, business failure, and skill obsolescence.This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today's poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed.Rural Poverty, Risk and Development is an important contribution to the development literature and should be read by anyone interested in exploring the causes of and solutions to poverty in rural areas.Trade Review'The book is very rigorous and follows a logical sequence. It will no doubt become the reference book on rural poverty, risk and development with the most relevant references of the literature, and extensive mathematical modeling where possible. Indeed, the book is a masterly review of risks facing the rural poor and it comes very timely with the renewed emphasis by donors and governments on rural poverty alleviation.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Risk and Poverty 3. The Risk Coping Strategies of the Rural Poor 4. The Limits to Risk Coping 5. Risk and Inequality 6. Risk and Development 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRural policy in industrialized countries is currently undergoing significant change. 'Place-based economies', where the unique attributes and assets of individual places determine their attractiveness for particular types of activities and investments, are increasingly important for rural development. The Next Rural Economies debates the future of rural development and highlights successes and failures to inform research, policy and community action. Case studies present discussions of the current state of rural community and economic restructuring and provide research and policy directions for constructing resilient and sustainable rural economies.Table of Contents1: Introduction: The Next Rural Economies a: Demographics, Migration, and Immigration 2: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed Something:::? Rediscovering the Comparative Advantage of the New Pastoral Economies of Northern New South Wales, Australia 3: The US Great Plains, Change, and Place Development 4: A New Rural North Carolina: Latino Place-Making and Community Engagement 5: Connecting Rural and Urban Places: Enduring Migration between Small Areas in England and Wales 6: Ontario’s Greenbelt and Places to Grow Legislation: Impacts on the Future of the Countryside and the Rural Economy b: Emerging Economies 7: Adding Value Locally through Integrated Rural Tourism: Lessons from Ireland 8: Value-Added Agricultural Products and Entertainment in Michigan’s Fruit Belt 9: Rural Restructuring and the New Rural Economy: Examples from Germany and Canada 10: Nurturing the Animation Sector in a Peripheral Economic Region: The Case of Miramichi, New Brunswick c: Rural Policy and Governance 11: Co-Constructing Rural Communities in the 21st Century: Challenges for Central Governments and the Research Community in Working Effectively with Local and Regional Actors 12: Partnerships, People, and Place: Lauding the Local in Rural Development 13: The Political Economies of Place in the Emergent Global Countryside: Stories from Rural Wales d: Rural-Urban Exchange 14: Reviving Small Rural Towns in the Paris Periurban Fringes 15: When Rural-Urban Fringes Arise as Differentiated Place: The Socio-Economic Restructuring of Volvic Sources et Volcans, France 16: Rural Development Strategies in Japan e: Renewal in Resource Peripheries 17: Heroes, Hope, and Resource Development in Canada’s Periphery: Lessons from Newfoundland and Labrador 18: Fly-in, Fly-out Resource Development: A New Regionalist Perspective on the Next Rural Economy 19: Understanding and Transforming a Staples-Based Economy: Place-Based Development in Northern British Columbia, Canada 20: Space to Place: Bridging the Gap

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Book SynopsisThis book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research.Trade Review"Goodson and Phillimore have collated a comprehensive and timely volume into the nature of community research that highlights the benefits of working with and in communities." LSE Review of Books"A usefull and far reaching discussion drawing on a wide range of practice/research illustrations" Carol Packham, MMU"This text cleverly negotiates through community research dealing with theoretical, ethical and practical issues in an engageing manner" Stuart Agnew, University Campus Suffolk"It is invaluable when practitioners produce reflections on experiences of undertaking their craft, and this volume is no exception. With a series of illuminating chapters covering a range of topics, this will be of value to those engaged in the field of community research." Tim May, co-director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UKTable of ContentsPart One: Theoretical and methodological issues ~ Community research: opportunities and challenges ~ Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore; A critical communicative perspective on community research: Reflections on experiences working with Roma in Spain ~ Aitor Gómez and Terese Sordé Marti; Authenticity and validity in community research: Looking at age discrimination and urban social interactions in the UK ~ Andrew Clark, Caroline Holland and Richard Ward; Community research with Gypsies and Travellers in the UK: Highlighting and negotiating compromises to reliability and validity ~ Philip Brown, Lisa Scullion and Pat Niner;Involving community researchers in refugee research in the UK~ Gaby Atfield, Kavita Brahmbhatt, Hameed Hakimi and Therese O'Toole; Universities as agents in the empowerment of local communities in Germany, Finland and Russia ~ Patricia Bell, Melinda Madew, Tony Addy and Sakari Kainulainen; Data analysis and community research: Capturing reality on housing estates in Bradford, UK ~ Heather Blakey, EJ Milne and Louise Kilburn; Participation in community research: Experiences of community researchers in HIV/AIDS research in South Africa ~ Maretha Visser; Part Two: Ethics, power and emotion ~ Power and participation in community research: Community profilinh in Italy ~ Terri Mannarini; The pedagogy of community research: Moving out of the ivory tower and into community organisations in Canada ~ Karen Schwartz, Adje van de Sande and Ann Marie O'Brien; Engaging community researchers in evaluation: Looking at the experiences of community partners in school based projects in the US ~ Jenifer Cartland, Holly Ruch-Ross and Maryann Mason; Are we recovery orientated? An Australian encounter of learning from people with lived experience ~ Lisa Brophy, Melissa Petrakis, Liam Buckley, Matthew Scott, Jayne Lewis, Nadine Cocks, Michael Stylianou and Kieran Halloran; Ethics in community research: Reflections from ethnographic research with First Nations people in the US ~ Barbara Kawulich and Tamra Ogletree; Avoiding best being the enemy of good: using peer interviewer methods for community research in place-based settings in Australia ~ Deborah Warr, Rosey Mann and Richard Williams; Part Three: Managing the research process ~ Mental health service users and carers as researchers: reflections on a qualitative study of citizens' experiences of compulsory mental health laws in Northern Ireland ~ Damien Kavanagh, Gavin Davidson, Jim Campbell, Martin Daly and Moira Harper; Community organisation and community research: Women's struggle for food security in India ~ Janki Andharia; Community researchers in an adolescent risk reduction intervention in Botswana: Challenges and opportunities ~ Bagele Chilisa and Rapelang Chilisa; Recruitment and capacity building challenges in participatory research involving young people in Northern Ireland ~ Claire McCartan, Dirk Schubotz and Stephanie Burns; Translating lives: Cross language community research with Polish migrants in the UK ~ Bogusia Temple and Katarzyna Koterba; Mentoring refugee community researchers in the UK: An empowerment tool? ~ Patricia A. Jones and Ricky Joseph.

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Book SynopsisThis book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research.Trade Review"Goodson and Phillimore have collated a comprehensive and timely volume into the nature of community research that highlights the benefits of working with and in communities." LSE Review of Books"A usefull and far reaching discussion drawing on a wide range of practice/research illustrations" Carol Packham, MMU"This text cleverly negotiates through community research dealing with theoretical, ethical and practical issues in an engageing manner" Stuart Agnew, University Campus Suffolk"It is invaluable when practitioners produce reflections on experiences of undertaking their craft, and this volume is no exception. With a series of illuminating chapters covering a range of topics, this will be of value to those engaged in the field of community research." Tim May, co-director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UKTable of ContentsPart One: Theoretical and methodological issues ~ Community research: opportunities and challenges ~ Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore; A critical communicative perspective on community research: Reflections on experiences working with Roma in Spain ~ Aitor Gómez and Terese Sordé Marti; Authenticity and validity in community research: Looking at age discrimination and urban social interactions in the UK ~ Andrew Clark, Caroline Holland and Richard Ward; Community research with Gypsies and Travellers in the UK: Highlighting and negotiating compromises to reliability and validity ~ Philip Brown, Lisa Scullion and Pat Niner;Involving community researchers in refugee research in the UK~ Gaby Atfield, Kavita Brahmbhatt, Hameed Hakimi and Therese O'Toole; Universities as agents in the empowerment of local communities in Germany, Finland and Russia ~ Patricia Bell, Melinda Madew, Tony Addy and Sakari Kainulainen; Data analysis and community research: Capturing reality on housing estates in Bradford, UK ~ Heather Blakey, EJ Milne and Louise Kilburn; Participation in community research: Experiences of community researchers in HIV/AIDS research in South Africa ~ Maretha Visser; Part Two: Ethics, power and emotion ~ Power and participation in community research: Community profilinh in Italy ~ Terri Mannarini; The pedagogy of community research: Moving out of the ivory tower and into community organisations in Canada ~ Karen Schwartz, Adje van de Sande and Ann Marie O'Brien; Engaging community researchers in evaluation: Looking at the experiences of community partners in school based projects in the US ~ Jenifer Cartland, Holly Ruch-Ross and Maryann Mason; Are we recovery orientated? An Australian encounter of learning from people with lived experience ~ Lisa Brophy, Melissa Petrakis, Liam Buckley, Matthew Scott, Jayne Lewis, Nadine Cocks, Michael Stylianou and Kieran Halloran; Ethics in community research: Reflections from ethnographic research with First Nations people in the US ~ Barbara Kawulich and Tamra Ogletree; Avoiding best being the enemy of good: using peer interviewer methods for community research in place-based settings in Australia ~ Deborah Warr, Rosey Mann and Richard Williams; Part Three: Managing the research process ~ Mental health service users and carers as researchers: reflections on a qualitative study of citizens' experiences of compulsory mental health laws in Northern Ireland ~ Damien Kavanagh, Gavin Davidson, Jim Campbell, Martin Daly and Moira Harper; Community organisation and community research: Women's struggle for food security in India ~ Janki Andharia; Community researchers in an adolescent risk reduction intervention in Botswana: Challenges and opportunities ~ Bagele Chilisa and Rapelang Chilisa; Recruitment and capacity building challenges in participatory research involving young people in Northern Ireland ~ Claire McCartan, Dirk Schubotz and Stephanie Burns; Translating lives: Cross language community research with Polish migrants in the UK ~ Bogusia Temple and Katarzyna Koterba; Mentoring refugee community researchers in the UK: An empowerment tool? ~ Patricia A. Jones and Ricky Joseph.

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Book SynopsisAcross the global South, poor women’s lives are embedded in their social relationships and governed not just by formal institutions – rules that exist on paper – but by informal norms and practices. Village Ties takes the reader to Bangladesh, a country that has risen from the ashes of war, natural disaster, and decades of resource drain to become a development miracle. The book argues that grassroots women’s mobilization programs can empower women to challenge informal institutions when such programs are anti-oppression, deliberative, and embedded in their communities. Qayum dives into the work of Polli Shomaj (PS), a program of the development organization BRAC to show how the women of PS negotiate with state and society to alter the rules of the game, changing how poor people access resources including safety nets, the law, and governing spaces. These women create a complex and rapidly transforming world where multiple overlapping institutions exist – formal and informal, old and new, desirable and undesirable. In actively challenging power structures around them, these women defy stereotypes of poor Muslim women as backward, subservient, oppressed, and in need of saving.Trade Review"Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Clinical Associate Professor, New York University *"Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women’s power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh’s development, and of women’s empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change." -- Naomi Hossain * co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning *"Confronting Social Norms is Critical for Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna Shows" - an interview with Nayma Qayum * CUNY.edu *"Contributes to scholarship that attends to ordinary people’s lived experiences to understand how marginalised communities solve political and social problems." * LSE Review of Books *"Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh" interview with Nayma Qayum * New Books Network: New Books in Gender Studies *"Changing the Rules of the Game," by Aleta Mayne * College Magazine *"This book is precious in its value for diverse audiences. It should be read and taught widely across the fields of agrarian studies, development studies, gender studies, anthropology, sociology, and political science." -- Sahana Ghosh * Journal of Agrarian Change *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Prologue PART I Setting the Stage 1 Institutions 2 A Gendered Story 3 Poor Women’s Politics PART II Formal and Informal Institutions 4 Clients, Rules, and Transactions 5 Rule of Law PART III Negotiating with State and Society 6 Changing Distributive Politics 7 Negotiating Justice 8 Governing Locally Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAcross the global South, poor women’s lives are embedded in their social relationships and governed not just by formal institutions – rules that exist on paper – but by informal norms and practices. Village Ties takes the reader to Bangladesh, a country that has risen from the ashes of war, natural disaster, and decades of resource drain to become a development miracle. The book argues that grassroots women’s mobilization programs can empower women to challenge informal institutions when such programs are anti-oppression, deliberative, and embedded in their communities. Qayum dives into the work of Polli Shomaj (PS), a program of the development organization BRAC to show how the women of PS negotiate with state and society to alter the rules of the game, changing how poor people access resources including safety nets, the law, and governing spaces. These women create a complex and rapidly transforming world where multiple overlapping institutions exist – formal and informal, old and new, desirable and undesirable. In actively challenging power structures around them, these women defy stereotypes of poor Muslim women as backward, subservient, oppressed, and in need of saving.Trade Review"Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Clinical Associate Professor, New York University *"Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women’s power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh’s development, and of women’s empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change." -- Naomi Hossain * co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning *"Confronting Social Norms is Critical for Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna Shows" - an interview with Nayma Qayum * CUNY.edu *"Contributes to scholarship that attends to ordinary people’s lived experiences to understand how marginalised communities solve political and social problems." * LSE Review of Books *"Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh" interview with Nayma Qayum * New Books Network: New Books in Gender Studies *"Changing the Rules of the Game," by Aleta Mayne * College Magazine *"This book is precious in its value for diverse audiences. It should be read and taught widely across the fields of agrarian studies, development studies, gender studies, anthropology, sociology, and political science." -- Sahana Ghosh * Journal of Agrarian Change *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Prologue PART I Setting the Stage 1 Institutions 2 A Gendered Story 3 Poor Women’s Politics PART II Formal and Informal Institutions 4 Clients, Rules, and Transactions 5 Rule of Law PART III Negotiating with State and Society 6 Changing Distributive Politics 7 Negotiating Justice 8 Governing Locally Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book provides empirically-rich case studies of the lives and livelihoods of marginalised ethnic minorities in colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe, with a specific focus on diverse rural areas. It demonstrates the dynamic and complex relationships existing between ethnic minorities and livelihoods, and analyses the ways in which projects of belonging (and identity-formation) amongst these ethnic minorities are entangled in their respective livelihood construction projects, and vice versa. The ethnic minorities include those considered indigenous to Zimbabwe, and those often defined as ‘aliens’, including ethnicities with a transnational presence in southern Africa. The ethnicities studied in the book include the following: Chewa, Doma, Tonga, Tshwa San, Shangane, Basotho, Ndau, Hlengwe and Nambya. By studying their livelihoods in particular, this book offers the first full manuscript about ethnic minorities in Zimbabwe. In doing so, it highlights the significance of these ethnic minorities to Zimbabwean history, politics and society.Table of ContentsHistoricising and Theorising the Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Zimbabwe.- The Tshwa San of Zimbabwe: Land, Livelihoods, and Ethnicity.- Migrants, Ethnic Minorities and ‘Men of the Soil’: Basotho Farmers in Southern Rhodesia.- Displacement and Livelihood Vulnerability among the BaTonga Women of Binga from 1958 to 1980.- Transformations in the Livelihood Activities of Hlengwe People of the South-East Lowveld of Zimbabwe, 1890 to Now.- The Impact of Community-based Conservation on the Livelihoods of the Doma in the mid-Zambezi Valley.- Human-Wildlife Conflict and Precarious Livelihoods of the Tonga-speaking people of North-western Zimbabwe.- The Political Economy of Shangane Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe.- Land, Displacement and Livelihood Strategies among the Nambya People in North-western Zimbabwe, from the 1940s.- (Re)Inventing Livelihoods in Communal Areas in post-Fast Track Zimbabwe: The Case of Chewa Ex-farm Workers in Shamva Communal Areas.- Cultural Economic Survival under Crisis: Malawian Nyau Dances and Zimbabwe’s Economic Meltdown.- Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Precarious Times: The Case of the Ndau People of Chimanimani.- Changing Borderland Livelihoods and Coping Strategies among “Indigenous People”, “Malawians” and “Mozambicans” in Honde Valley since the 1970s.

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Book SynopsisIt is known that a society in transformation undergoes significant changes on many levels, but structural and cultural changes are arguably two of the most significant. How do such monumental changes affect the lives of individuals and small communities? Teachers on the Waves of Transformation aims to answer this question through the lens of education. With careful exploratory research at two schools in a small town in central Bohemia, anthropologist Dana Moree follows the fates of two generations of teachers at the schools. Through interviews with teachers, school administrators, and the students’ parents, Moree focuses on the relationships, values, shared stories, and symbolic and ritual worlds that create the culture of the schools. Teachers on the Waves of Transformation offers a unique perspective of cultural flux as witnessed in the classroom.Trade Review“Presents a wealth of valuable material.” -- Miroslav Vanek, professor of oral history at Charles University, Prague, and director of the Institute of Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences

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Book SynopsisThe book under review, Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, delves into various areas such as extension education, extension educational technology, administration and management, human relation in development administration and human resource development, participatory approaches, recent approaches in extension techniques, extension strategies for changing agricultural scenario and rural development, transfer of technology efforts, and recent advances in research methodology, which features highly innovative methods of applications and implementation. This book will be immensely beneficial to extension and rural development workers in devising and implementing communication strategies. Additionally, it will serve as a valuable resource for students pursuing studies in extension and rural development. Furthermore, it will prove to be a crucial aid to researchers, planners, and policy makers in making informed decisions and formulating plans regarding agricultural extension and rural development.

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