This book offers insight on access to justice from rural areas in internationally comparable contexts to highlight the diversity of experiences within, and across rural areas globally.
Organized in the mid-1970s as a means of communal protection against livestock rustling and general thievery in Peru's rugged northern mountains, the rondas campesinas (peasants who make the rounds) grew into an entire system of peasant justice and one of the most significant Andean social movements of the late twentieth century.
WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD A fascinating look at the impact of country home-making on the lives and work of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann.
Jane Adams focuses on the transformation of rural life in Union County, Illinois, as she explores the ways in which American farming has been experienced and understood in the twentieth century.
Across all the boroughs, The Long Crisis shows, New Yorkers helped transform their broke and troubled city in the 1970s by taking the responsibilities of city governance into the private sector and market, steering the process of neoliberalism.
Finalist: Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeIn August 1889, the five states that were once part of the 1861 Dakota TerritoryNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idahodrafted their state constitutions in preparation for inclusion in the United States.
"Heimat" ist wieder angesagt – vor allem in ländlichen Regionen hat der Wunsch nach Entschleunigung und Wiederüberschaubarkeit der Lebensumwelt Konjunktur: das Dorf als Hort der Sicherheit und Ruhepol inmitten einer sich global immer schneller verändernden Welt.
A unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who loved books such as CALL THE MIDWIFE and TRUST ME, I'M A VET.
As the United States transformed itself from an agricultural to an industrial nation, thousands of young people left farm homes for life in the big city.
This vintage book contains the second series of Cecil Torr's 1918 work "e;Small Talk at Wreyland"e;, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Among the vast migration of European peasants to North America during the nineteenth century, the largest group came from southern Ireland, Celtic, Catholic, rural, pre-industrial, many of them nevertheless settled in cities, but an appreciable number, particularly in eastern Canada, took up land and farmed.
The sixth, fully updated edition of this bestselling guide links the theory and practice of community work in an insightful and relatable read for students and practitioners alike.
Since the late 1960s, individuals rebelling against societal norms have embraced intentional communities as a means to challenge capitalism and manifest their ideals.
A delightfully nostalgic novel set in the Cotswold village of Fairacre novel from the author of VILLAGE SCHOOL'Delicious wit, quirky characters, the colourful intrigues of daily life, and certainly love and laughter .
A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.
Las tierras del litoral de Sonora, en el noroeste de México, son llanuras y valles que se han distinguido a nivel nacional por ser el asiento de varios distritos de riego en los cuales, hace más de medio siglo, se impulsó un ambicioso proyecto de expansión y modernización agrícola a favor de la gran propiedad.
Marketing and management processes across industries can be very similar, but contexts vary where political intervention, public interest and local sustainability are involved.
