The methodology of political economy : studying the global rural-urban matrix / edited by J.I. Bakker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bakker, J. I., 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Rural--Study and teaching.

Sociology, Rural.

Rural development--Study and teaching.

Rural development.

Physical Description:

xviii, 275 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

The importance of the global rural-urban matrix is often overlooked due to urban-normativity. But sometimes agrarian populism and a pastoral rural imaginary result in the equally fallacious of a rural-urban matrix imaginary result in the equally fallacious rural-normativity, and in Jeffersonian nostalgia for a lost way of life that never existed. The nature of rurality in North America is important to study, but as Alessandro Bonanno makes clear, we cannot limit ourselves to the study of one or two nation-states. We must take a global perspective when it comes to the bio-physical environment and the nature of the world capitalist system. This collection takes such a perspective. The editor frames the contributions with a Meta-Paradigm called the New Political Economy Perspective (NPEP) and explains the roots of that approach in Classical Political Economy and the Canadian Political Economy Tradition of Harold Adams Innis. There are chapters by an anthropologist, a geographer, two generalist sociologists, and a group of rural sociologists. There is also a chapter on psychiatry and mental health, and another chapter that discusses pedagogy. The use of an inter-disciplinary framework to study global issues makes this a stimulating book which provides a window on issues that are often overlooked. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Methodology of a New Political Economy: Studying the Global Rural-Urban Matrix / J. I. (Hans) Bakker Bakker, J. I. (Hans) 1

2 Globalization and "Research Nationalism" in Rural Sociology / Alessandro Bonanno Bonanno, Alessandro 31

3 A Rural Sociologist and Sociologist / Archibald Orben Haller Haller, Archibald Orben, Jr. (Abridged (Abridged, Jr., William J. Haller Haller, William J. 45

4 An Anthropologist in Rural Sociology / Sonya Salomon Salomon, Sonya 63

5 The Doctors of Society: Making a Difference with Rural Sociology / Douglas H. Constance Constance, Douglas H. 77

6 A Privileged Life / William Alex McIntosh McIntosh, William Alex 101

7 From Part-Time Farming to Multifunctionality: Reflections of a Social Geographer / Anthony (Tony) M. Fuller Fuller, Anthony (Tony) M. 113

8 Theorizing Community as Relational Social Life / Kenneth C. Bessant Bessant, Kenneth C. 129

9 Social Psychiatry on the path of Rural Sociology: A Trip to the Lofoten Islands of Norway / Tom Sørensen Sørensen, Tom, Robert J Kleiner Kleiner, Robert J, Andreas PS Sørensen Sørensen, Andreas PS 145

10 The Rural Imaginary: Integrated Interdisciplinarity in the Study of the Political Bioeconomy / Alexander I. Stingl Stingl, Alexander I. 167

11 Passing On the Insights of Rural Sociologists: My Journey as a Pedagogist in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Carol A. Jenkins Jenkins, Carol A. 191

12 Conclusion: The New Political Economy Perspective / J. I. (Hans) Bakker Bakker, J. I. (Hans) 211.

ISBN:

9781498521871

1498521878

OCLC:

910856351