Rural Enterprise - Shifting Perspectives on Small-Scale Production

Originally published in 1991. The focus of the contributions in this book concentrate on the relationships between rurality and small-scale production. The contributors explore the diversity and significance of rural small-scale production in different countries and the regional disciplinary theoretical discourses which inform research.

List of contents

Preface 1. Artisan or Entrepreneur? Refashioning Rural Production Sarah Whatmore, Philip Lowe and Terry Marsden 2. Theoretical Issues in the Continuity of Petty Commodity Production Terry Marsden 3. Agriculture and Diffused Manufacturing in the Terza Italia: A Tuscan Case-Study Raffaele Paloscia 4. Small-scale Brewing and Rural Livelihoods: The Case of Chicha in Bolivia Colin Sage 5. Rediscovering Small-scale Enterprise in Rural Hungary Imre Kovlach 6. Populism and Petit Capitalism in Rural Ireland Chris Curtin and Tony Varley 7. The Politics of Rural Enterprise: A British Case-study Susan Boucher, Andrew Flynn and Philip Lowe

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Sarah Whatmore, Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe

Summary

Originally published in 1991. The focus of the contributions in this book concentrate on the relationships between rurality and small-scale production.  The contributors explore the diversity and significance of rural small-scale production in different countries and the regional disciplinary theoretical discourses which inform research.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah (Oxford University Whatmore, Sarah (Oxford University Uk) Marsden Whatmore, Sarah (University of Oxford Whatmore, Sarah Marsden Whatmore
• Assisted by: Philip Lowe (Editor), Terry Marsden (Editor), Sarah Whatmore (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138102545
• ISBN: 978-1-138-10254-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries