Labour and Locality - Uneven Development and the Rural Labour Process

Originally published in 1992, the volume shows through the lens of labour processes how global forces are played out at the local level. A range of important issues is addressed, including the commoditization and transformation of rural labour, and the role played by state policy in restructuring rural labour markets.

List of contents

Introduction: Labour and Locality: Emerging Research Issues Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore 1. The Reconstitution of Locality: Technology and Labour in Modern Agriculture Jan Douwe Van der Ploeg 2. Transformation of the Labour System and Work Processes in a Rapidly Modernising Agriculture: The Evolving Case of Spain Miren Etxezarreta 3. Rural Labour Markets Meeting Urbanisation and the Arena Society: New Challenges for Policy and Planning in Rural Scandinavia Lars Olof Persson 4. Class-based Social Mobility on the Rural/Urban Fringe: Cambodian Farmworkers in Philadelphia Max J. Pfeffer 5. Local Culture, Life Mode and Development in a Norwegian Rural Community Mariann Villa and Reidar Almås 6. On the Margins: Uneven Development and Rural Restructuring in the Highlands of Scotland Richard J. Smith 7. Representing the Region: Welsh Farmers and the British State Jonathon Murdoch .

About the author

Terry Marsden, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore

Product details

• Authors: Terry Lowe Marsden
• Assisted by: Lowe Philip (Editor), Marsden Terry (Editor), Whatmore Sarah (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032497044
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249704-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Rural Change
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Agribusiness and primary industries, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Primary industries