Rural communities

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.

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.

Este informe, elaborado por siete organizaciones campesinas junto al Centro de Estudios en Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad -Dejusticia y el Instituto de Estudios Interculturales de la Universidad Javeriana de Cali, recoge más de 60 años de violencia y sus efectos en contra del campesinado, con la tesis central que el conflicto armado se convirtió en una guerra contra el campesinado.

This highly original volume investigates and documents the complex interactions between small family farms and Man and Biosphere Reserves in Cuba.

Beyond the Mountains explores the ways in which Appalachia often served as a laboratory for the exploration and practice of American conceptions of nature.

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy.

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy.

Gender and Rural Migration: Realities, Conflict and Change explores the intersection of gender, migration, and rurality in 21st-century Western and non-Western contexts.

Gender and Rural Migration: Realities, Conflict and Change explores the intersection of gender, migration, and rurality in 21st-century Western and non-Western contexts.

Private sector delivery of state services is increasingly common worldwide, and state forest plantation management is no exception.

Private sector delivery of state services is increasingly common worldwide, and state forest plantation management is no exception.

Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies.

Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies.

Despite China's rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration.

Despite China's rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration.

This book examines the transformations of rural society and economy in the UK and US during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these trends and changes for community sustainability, quality of life and the environment.

This book examines the transformations of rural society and economy in the UK and US during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these trends and changes for community sustainability, quality of life and the environment.

In industrialized societies the needs of people living in remote and sparsely populated areas are easily overlooked, whilst in developing countries the needs of the rural population are at once so obvious and so enormous that our practical concern is blunted.

In industrialized societies the needs of people living in remote and sparsely populated areas are easily overlooked, whilst in developing countries the needs of the rural population are at once so obvious and so enormous that our practical concern is blunted.

First published in 1986.

First published in 1986.

This is Volume XI of thirteen in a collection on the Urban and Regional Sociology.

This is Volume XI of thirteen in a collection on the Urban and Regional Sociology.

This is Volume IV of thirteen in a series on Urban and Regional Sociology.

This is Volume IV of thirteen in a series on Urban and Regional Sociology.

This is Volume XIII of thirteen in the Urban and Regional Sociology series.

This is Volume XIII of thirteen in the Urban and Regional Sociology series.

First published in 1998.

First published in 1998.

First published in 1998.

First published in 1998.

This is Volume VIII of nine in a series on Historical Sociology.

This is Volume VIII of nine in a series on Historical Sociology.

This is Volume I of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Development.

This is Volume I of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Development.

This is Volume I of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia.

This is Volume I of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia.

First published in 2006.

First published in 2006.

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology.

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology.

Virtually all anthropologists undertaking fieldwork experience emotional difficulties in relating their own personal culture to the field culture.

Virtually all anthropologists undertaking fieldwork experience emotional difficulties in relating their own personal culture to the field culture.

Knowing Your Place directs groundbreaking attention to the role of rural and urban places in identity construction.

Knowing Your Place directs groundbreaking attention to the role of rural and urban places in identity construction.

First Published in 1983.

First Published in 1983.

The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America.

The essays in this collection examine agrarian transformation in Latin America and the role in this of peasants, with particular reference to Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Brazil and Central America.

This book explores the economic coping practices of rural widows in the aftermath of the Cambodian civil war.