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Communities of work : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 2.
- Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Rural--United States.
- Sociology, Rural.
- United States--Rural conditions.
- United States.
- United States--Rural conditions--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text focuses on the ways in which rural people and places are affected by political, social and economic forces far outside their control and how they sustain themselves and their communities in response.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Communities ofWork
- Part I: Region,Work, and Restructuring
- 1 Old Industrial Regions and the Political Economy of Development
- 2 Place, Race, and State
- 3 Meat Processing in Rural America
- 4 Socioeconomic Trends in Mining-Dependent Counties in Appalachia
- 5 From Extraction to Amenities
- Part II: Work and Community
- 6 Troubled Waters or Business as Usual?
- 7 Identity of Self and Others through Work
- 8 Sense of Place and Rural Restructuring
- 9 Housing Labor's Unrest
- 10 Hogs and Citizens
- 11 Does Welfare to Work Work?
- Part III Reaction and Resistance
- 12 The Bus from Hell Hole Swamp
- 13 Stretched to Their Limits
- 14 Earning a Living and Building a Life
- 15 Livelihood Strategies of Farmers in Puerto Rico's Central Region
- 16 Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts
- 17 The Social and Economic Context of Informal Work
- Empirical Realities, Theoretical Lessons, and Political Implications
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-89680-447-X
- OCLC:
- 923681275
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