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Revisiting Rural Places


Revisiting Rural Places
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Author : Jonathan Rigg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

Revisiting Rural Places written by Jonathan Rigg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.


In Revisiting Rural Places, scholars return to sites of their earlier research in Southeast Asia to examine how the rapid pace of change in the countryside affected places, spaces and people that they originally studied decades ago. Each of the 14 core chapters is organized around a change that, based on broader trends, the authors did not anticipate: a new longhouse in Sarawak, the urban forests of Java, the assertion of an ethnic minority identity in Northern Thailand, the re-shaping of class relations and identities in the Philippines, and the uncontested sell-off of farmland to cacao entrepreneurs in Sulawesi. These outcomes pose a challenge to conventional understandings of how the countryside is being re-shaped, and to what effect. The accounts in this volume map out diverse pathways to poverty or prosperity. Families who seemed trapped in poverty decades ago have prospered owing to non-farm and educational opportunities. Others have unexpectedly been thrust into relative deprivation by industrial agriculture, rural industrialization, or destructive natural resource extraction. The breadth of the material makes this unique and exceptionally rich account of rural change a valuable classroom tool as well as an important source of information for a broad spectrum of institutions and other stakeholders, from the World Bank to NGOs and rural activists.



The Routledge History Of Rural America


The Routledge History Of Rural America
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Author : Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14

The Routledge History Of Rural America written by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with History categories.


The Routledge History of Rural America charts the course of rural life in the United States, raising questions about what makes a place rural and how rural places have shaped the history of the nation. Bringing together leading scholars to analyze a wide array of themes in rural history and culture, this text is a state-of-the-art resource for students, scholars, and educators at all levels. This Routledge History provides a regional context for understanding change in rural communities across America and examines a number of areas where the history of rural people has deviated from the American mainstream. Readers will come away with an enhanced understanding of the interplay between urban and rural areas, a knowledge of the regional differences within the rural United States, and an awareness of the importance of agriculture and rural life to American society. The book is divided into four main sections: regions of rural America, rural lives in context, change and development, and resources for scholars and teachers. Examining the essays on the regions of rural America, readers can discover what makes New England different from the South, and why the Midwest and Mountain West are quite different places. The chapters on rural lives provide an entrée into the social and cultural history of rural peoples – women, children and men – as well as a description of some of the forces shaping rural communities, such as immigration, race and religious difference. Chapters on change and development examine the forces molding the countryside, such as rural-urban tensions, technological change and increasing globalization. The final section will help scholars and educators integrate rural history into their research, writing, and classrooms. By breaking the field of rural history into so many pieces, this volume adds depth and complexity to the history of the United States, shedding light on an understudied aspect of the American mythology and beliefs about the American dream.



Unsettling Absences


Unsettling Absences
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Author : Eric C. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2007

Unsettling Absences written by Eric C. Thompson and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.


In Unsettling Absences, Eric Thompson argues that urbanism is a cultural force unbound from the city and is a pervasive presence in the Malaysian countryside. Transported to rural communities, urbanism has motivated migration, transformed the social lives of rural inhabitants, and created a deep ambivalence about personal identity. This has left rural Malays feeling out of place in both the city and the village. Kuala Lumpur epitomises modernity, but rural Malays who move there are often marginalised in squatter settlements on its periphery. The kampung symbolises home and the locus of Malay identity, but schoolbooks and television have projected urbanism that marks rural life as backwards and marginal in a forward-looking nation into the kampung. The book challenges city-bound urban studies by locating urbanism in a wider world that extends outside of the city, and shows the conflicted realities of rural dwellers in an overwhelmingly urban world. As others have challenged the meaning of "modernity", Thompson challenges the meaning of "urban" while still recognising the powerful effects of an ideology of "urbanism". Unsettling Absences is a call to take seriously place-based identities and cultural geographies in a world where the urban/rural divide is dissolving in practice but in cultural terms remains as powerful as ever.



Rural Development


Rural Development
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Author : B. K. Prasad
language : en
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
Release Date : 2003

Rural Development written by B. K. Prasad and has been published by Sarup & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Community development categories.




Sustainable Rural Systems


Sustainable Rural Systems
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Author : Guy Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01

Sustainable Rural Systems written by Guy Robinson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Science categories.


In a neo-liberal era where society in the Developed World is reliant on mass-produced cheap foods, and living standards are based on high consumption of non-renewable energy and materials, this book investigates the growing significance of sustainable systems in rural areas. Drawing on a wide range of topical case studies, primarily in the UK, it provides an in-depth analysis of the progress made towards sustainability within rural systems, focusing specifically upon sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities. The authors provide an overview of the various systems of sustainability currently being applied in the Developed World. They highlight key environmental, economic and social issues, including post-productivism, 'alternative' food networks, organic farming, GM foods, conservation, rural development programmes, sustainable tourism, local training schemes and community participation. The various studies provide important lessons in the ongoing search for greater sustainability and suggest positive directions for future policy practice.



The Right To Be Rural


The Right To Be Rural
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Author : Karen R. Foster
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2022-03-03

The Right To Be Rural written by Karen R. Foster and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-03 with Social Science categories.


In this collection, researchers analyze rural societies, economies, and governance in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia through the lens of rights and citizenship, across such varied domains as education, employment, and health. The provocative concept of a “right to be rural” illuminates not only the challenges faced by rural communities worldwide, but also underappreciated facets of community resilience in the face of these challenges. The book’s central question—“is there a right to be rural?”—offers insights into how these communities are created, maintained, and challenged. The authors illustrate that citizenship rights have a spatial character, and that this observation is critical to studying and understanding rural life in the twenty-first century. Scholars and policymakers concerned with the health and well-being of rural communities will be interested in this book. Contributors: Ray Bollman, Clement Chipenda, Innocent Chirisa, Logan Cochrane, Pallavi Das, Laura Domingo-Peñafiel, Laura Farré-Riera, Jens Kaae Fisker, Karen R. Foster, Lesley Frank, Greg Hadley, Stacey Haugen, Jennifer Jarman, Kathleen Kevany, Eshetayehu Kinfu, Al Lauzon, Katie MacLeod, Jeofrey Matai, Ilona Matysiak, Kayla McCarney, Rachel McLay, Egon Noe, Howard Ramos, Katja Rinne-Koski, Sulevi Riukulehto, Sarah Rudrum, Ario Seto, Nuria Simo-Gil, Peggy Smith, Sara Teitelbaum, Annette Aagaard Thuesen, Tom Tom, Ashleigh Weeden, Satenia Zimmermann



Constructuring The Countryside


Constructuring The Countryside
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Author : Terry Marsden
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-16

Constructuring The Countryside written by Terry Marsden and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-16 with Science categories.


The first of a five-volume series, "Restructuring Rural Areas", from the London Countryside Research Centre, this book aims to put the rural domain firmly on the agenda of social science enquiry.



The Geography Of Rural Change


The Geography Of Rural Change
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Author : Brian W. Ilbery
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1998

The Geography Of Rural Change written by Brian W. Ilbery and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.


Academics from the UK, USA and Canada examine the processes of rural change brought about by the period of major restructuring in the developed market economies. They investigate social, economic and political factors affecting rural change.



Rural Restructuring


Rural Restructuring
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Author : Terry Marsden
language : en
Publisher: David Fulton Publishers
Release Date : 1990

Rural Restructuring written by Terry Marsden and has been published by David Fulton Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.


The volumes in this series provide a review of the progress of current research taking as their focus one major theme per volume.



The Changing Identity Of Rural India


The Changing Identity Of Rural India
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Author : Elisabetta Basile
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2009

The Changing Identity Of Rural India written by Elisabetta Basile and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.


The book explores the pattern of rural development in contemporary India from a multidisciplinary and historical perspective. The essays overcome the limits of disciplinary approaches to provide a comprehensive analysis of the processes of change and growth at work in the Indian countryside and to review the social and cultural dynamics that have led to the contemporary situation. Providing an analysis of the economic, political and social changes experienced in rural India, they examine the interactions between actors and institutions at different levels. Some contributions focus on the impact of state policies on rural development and on the rationale of capitalistic expansion in the Indian countryside, while others analyse how the changes are promoted, adopted and resisted at the local level. The general issue raised in the book refers to the assessment of the nature and working of contemporary Indian rural economy. In order to analyse the complexity of the rural economy and the forms it takes in different Indian contexts, this issue has been deconstructed considering, in turn, the process of rural change, the impact of rural growth on working and living conditions, and finally the categories of the inhabitants of rural areas and the construction of their identities in colonial and post-colonial rural India.