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Author:   J.I. Bakker ,  William Ashton ,  J.I. Bakker ,  Kenneth Bessant
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.576kg
ISBN:  

9781498521871

ISBN 10:   1498521878
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   24 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1.Introduction: J. I. (“Hans”) Bakker The Methodology of a New Political Economy: Studying the Global Rural-Urban Matrix 2.Alessandro Bonanno Globalization and “Research Nationalism in Rural Sociology 3.Archibald (“Arch”) Haller and William (“Bill”) Haller A Rural Sociologist and a Sociologist 4.Sonya Salamon An Anthropologist in Rural Sociology 5.Douglas (“Doug”) Constance The Doctors of Society: Making a Difference with Rural Sociology 6.Alex McIntosh A Privileged Life 7.Anthony (“Tony”) Fuller From Part-Time Farming to Multifunctionality: Reflections of a Social Geographer 8.Ken Bessant Theorizing Community as Relational Social Life 9.Tom Sørensen, Robert Kleiner and Andreas Sørensen Social Psychiatry on the Path of Rural Sociology: A Trip to the Lofoten Islands of Norway 10.Alexander (“Alex”) Stingl The Rural Imaginary: Integrated Interdisciplinarity in the Study of the Political BioEconomy 11.Carol Jenkins The Insights of Rural Sociologists: My Journey as a Professional Pedagogist 12.Conclusion: J. I. (“Hans”) Bakker The New Political Economy Perspective

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This book argues persuasively for the importance of rural society in the context of the urban world, together making up a system of historic struggles and transformations. A set of distinguished scholars of rurality review their careers to show how the personal is also the global. The reader will find intellectual connections all the way from the German Historical School to the tradition of Canadian political economy. Altogether, a combination of the world-historical past and the future of the socially-constructed environment. -- Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania This elegant volume brings together ten provocative essays by veteran scientists, combining elements of their personal lives with their life of scientific research and writing, under the skilled editorial hand of Prof. Hans Bakker, to advocate for a new perspective to understand the global urban-rural matrix of our contemporary life. They call for an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary view of Planet Earth, our shared lifeboat, so that we may more fully grasp and appreciate the interdependent web of existence, and our common destiny. -- John Johnson, Arizona State University

This book argues persuasively for the importance of rural society in the context of the urban world, together making up a system of historic struggles and transformations. A set of distinguished scholars of rurality review their careers to show how the personal is also the global. The reader will find intellectual connections all the way from the German Historical School to the tradition of Canadian political economy. Altogether, a combination of the world-historical past and the future of the socially-constructed environment. -- Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania This elegant volume brings together ten provocative essays by veteran scientists, combining elements of their personal lives with their life of scientific research and writing, under the skilled editorial hand of Prof. Hans Bakker, to advocate for a new perspective to understand the global urban-rural matrix of our contemporary life. They call for an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary view of Planet Earth, our ""shared lifeboat,"" so that we may more fully grasp and appreciate the interdependent web of existence, and our common destiny. -- John Johnson, Arizona State University

This book argues persuasively for the importance of rural society in the context of the urban world, together making up a system of historic struggles and transformations. A set of distinguished scholars of rurality review their careers to show how the personal is also the global. The reader will find intellectual connections all the way from the German Historical School to the tradition of Canadian political economy. Altogether, a combination of the world-historical past and the future of the socially-constructed environment. -- Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania

This book argues persuasively for the importance of rural society in the context of the urban world, together making up a system of historic struggles and transformations. A set of distinguished scholars of rurality review their careers to show how the personal is also the global. The reader will find intellectual connections all the way from the German Historical School to the tradition of Canadian political economy. Altogether, a combination of the world-historical past and the future of the socially-constructed environment. -- Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania This elegant volume brings together ten provocative essays by veteran scientists, combining elements of their personal lives with their life of scientific research and writing, under the skilled editorial hand of Prof. Hans Bakker, to advocate for a new perspective to understand the global urban-rural matrix of our contemporary life. They call for an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary view of Planet Earth, our ""shared lifeboat,"" so that we may more fully grasp and appreciate the interdependent web of existence, and our common destiny. -- John Johnson, Arizona State University

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J.I. Bakker is the 2014–2015 Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public Policy at Brandon University. He is member emeritus of the American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society.

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