The New Peasantries: Struggles for Autonomy and Sustainability in an Era of Empire and Globalization
Author:   Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781844075584


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 June 2008
Replaced By:   9781138071308
Format:   Hardback
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The New Peasantries: Struggles for Autonomy and Sustainability in an Era of Empire and Globalization


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Author:   Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9781844075584


ISBN 10:   1844075583
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Replaced By:   9781138071308
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Preface * Setting the Scene * What, Then, Is the Peasantry? * Catacaos: Repeasantization in Latin America * Parmalat: A European Example of a Food Empire * Peasants and Entrepreneurs (Parma Revisited) * Rural Development: European Expressions of Repeasantization * Striving for Autonomy at Higher Levels of Aggregation: Territorial Co-operatives * Tamed Hedgerows, a Global Cow and a �Bug�: The Creation and Demolition of Controllability * Empire, Food and Farming: A Synthesis * The Peasant Principle * Index

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'This is a courageous book offering hope from the past for the future.' Professor John Hodges, AGRI


Author Information

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg is Professor in Transition Studies at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and adviser to the Italian Minister of Agriculture. He has authored or co-authored a wide range of books and papers on rural development, land reform processes, peasants, styles of farming, agrarian and food markets, and the impact of technological change.

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