The sociology of rural life
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns received notions of a sleepy and complacent countryside. Alongside these developments, the rise of the organic food movement has helped to revitalize an already politicized rural population. Over the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
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2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 'A problem in search of discipline' (Hamilton 1990: 232) the history of rural sociology
- New issues in rural sociology and rural studies
- The 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in the UK
- The hunting debate: rural political protest and the mobilisation of defence of country sports
- Game shooting in the United Kingdom
- Representing the rural: new methods and approaches
- Conclusion: the future of rural societies and rural sociology
- Appendix: rural sociology institutional framework: critical masses of rural researches in university departments/centres and institutes; sociologists with a periphery interest in the rural; professional associations and rural journals
- Notes
- Glossary of key terms
- References.
