Constructing The Countryside - Couverture souple

Murdoch, Jonathan; Lowe, Philip; Munton, Richard; Flynn, Andrew; Marsden, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813319129 ISBN 13 : 9780813319124

Editeur : Westview Press, 1993

Synopsis

This book provides new insights into the trends that will guide rural change in advanced economies into the next century and offers an innovative approach to investigating those trends. Constructing the Countryside will appeal to students and staff in a wide range of social science disciplines, including rural sociology, geography, planning, environmental management, agricultural economics and land economy, as well as to anyone concerned with the future development of rural areas. This book offers a stimulating reinterpretation of rural change, bolstered by new concepts and fresh approaches to assessment. The authors first show the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the combined effects of social, economic, political, and cultural forces for change. Together they have developed a methodology that integrates the broader national and international forces for change with the responses of actors in their particular local contexts, showing as well the significance of rural change in the international restructuring of the economy and polity.The book provides insights into the trends that will guide rural change in advanced economies into the next century and offers an innovative approach to investigating those trends. Constructing the Countryside will appeal to both students and staff in a wide range of social science disciplines, including rural sociology, geography, planning, environmental management, agricultural economics and land economy, as well as to anyone concerned with the future development of rural areas.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As the first book in the Restructuring Rural Areas series, "Constructing the countryside" presents a new methodological approach to the analysis of rural change. The authors seek to link wider developments in the global political economy to the behaviour of local actors and, in so doing, they place research into rural studies much more firmly than hitherto in the mainstream of social science enquiry. The outcome is a book that promotes a truly interdisciplinary approach through which the constant "reconstruction" of the countryside can be properly understood. This holistic perspective, sustained by an historical analysis of rural change, has been made possible by the extensive research experience of the authors.; The book is a product of the work done at the London Countryside Research Centre, which was set up in 1989 by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre's research has focused upon the social and political forces for change in rural areas and how these relate to rapid alterations in national economic circumstances and to public policies affecting the countryside for example, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EC .; On the one hand, the book provides a set of insights into the trends that will guide rural change in advanced economies into the next century; on the other, it offers a challenging account of how they can be investigated.; "Constructing the countryside" will appeal to both students and staff in a wide range of social science disciplines, including agricultural economics, environmental management, planning, land economy, geography and rural sociology, and to all those concerned with the future development of rural areas.; This book is intended for students and researchers in rural planning and environmental/geographical studies, whether within a geographical or a sociological milieu.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813319129
• ISBN 13: 9780813319124
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible