Labour and Locality

Uneven Development and the Rural Labour Process

Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe, Sarah Whatmore (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-49704-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Originally published in 1992, the volume shows through the lens of labour processes how global forces are played out at the local level. A range of important issues is addressed, including the commoditization and transformation of rural labour, and the role played by state policy in restructuring rural labour markets.

Autor

Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore

Inhalt

Introduction: Labour and Locality: Emerging Research Issues Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore 1. The Reconstitution of Locality: Technology and Labour in Modern Agriculture Jan Douwe Van der Ploeg 2. Transformation of the Labour System and Work Processes in a Rapidly Modernising Agriculture: The Evolving Case of Spain Miren Etxezarreta 3. Rural Labour Markets Meeting Urbanisation and the Arena Society: New Challenges for Policy and Planning in Rural Scandinavia Lars Olof Persson 4. Class-based Social Mobility on the Rural/Urban Fringe: Cambodian Farmworkers in Philadelphia Max J. Pfeffer 5. Local Culture, Life Mode and Development in a Norwegian Rural Community Mariann Villa and Reidar Almås 6. On the Margins: Uneven Development and Rural Restructuring in the Highlands of Scotland Richard J. Smith 7. Representing the Region: Welsh Farmers and the British State Jonathon Murdoch .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-032-49704-1 / 1032497041
• ISBN-13: 978-1-032-49704-4 / 9781032497044
• Zustand: Neuware