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Rural gender relations : issues and case studies / edited by Bettina B. Bock, Sally Shortall.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural women.
- Rural men.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Women in rural development.
- Sex role.
- Rural development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (383 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Publishing, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides an overview of the potential role of organic agriculture in a global perspective. This book discusses political ecology, ecological justice, ecological economics, and free trade. It includes role of organic agriculture for improving soil fertility, nutrient cycling and food security and reducing veterinary medicine use, and more.
- Contents:
- Introduction : rural gender studies in North and South / Bettina B. Bock
- Gender and farming : an overview / Sally Shortall
- Gender relations and livelihood strategies / Monica Gorman
- Commodity production and farm women's work / Susan Machum
- Farm women in Slovenia / Majda Cernic Istenic
- The informalization of farm employment / Andrienetta Kritzinger
- Women and sustainable agriculture / Sarah Tufts Rickson, Roy E. Rickson and David Burch
- Gender at the border / Janet D. Momsen
- Gender and rural migration : an overview / Bettina B. Bock
- The gendered impact of drought / Margaret Alston
- Rural idylls or boring places? / Marit S. Haugen and Mariann Villa
- Rural immigrations and female employment / Apostolos G. Papadopoulos
- Gender and rural politics : an overview / Sally Shortall
- Gender and rural development budgets / Bettina B. Bock and P. Derkzen
- Collective action among rural women in India / Jo-Anne Everingham
- CAP regulations and farm household relations / Constantina Safilios-Rothschildt
- Rurality and gender identity : an overview / Bettina B. Bock
- Rural women and the environment / Carolyn Sachs
- Economic status and gender roles / Sally Shortall
- Rural health and well-being / Ruth Panelli
- Embodying family farm work / Berit Brandth
- Queer countryside revisited / David Bell
- Conclusions - future directions / Sally Shortall.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-76548-1
- 9786611765484
- 1-84593-037-1
- OCLC:
- 476190007
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