ABSTRACT
This title was first published in 2001. Focusing on the distinctive ways in which rural social, economic and political life is experienced in developed societies in late modernity, this striking volume draws on empirical material from a wide range of countries within and outside the EU. It also incorporates comparative case studies from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|70 pages
Agriculture and rural life in late modernity
part II|74 pages
Food producers and food consumers
part III|71 pages
Living with nature?
part IV|106 pages
Rural development, policy and civil society