Agriculture in Mediterranean Europe [[electronic resource] ] : between old and new paradigms / / edited by Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Ana Moragues-Faus, Eladio Arnalte-Alegre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452908003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2013
• ISBN: 1-78190-598-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Collana: Research in rural sociology and development, , 1057-1922 ; ; v. 19
• Altri autori (Persone): Miranda-OrtizDionisio; Moragues-FausAna; Arnalte AlegreEladio
• Disciplina: 338.1091638
• Soggetti: Agriculture - Europe - History; Agriculture and state - Europe; Agriculture - Economic aspects - Europe; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW PARADIGMS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1 INTRODUCTION: REFRAMING AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE; PURPOSE OF THE BOOK; STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; 2 BRINGING MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE INTO THE THEORETICAL DEBATES; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW ON THE EVOLUTION OF AGRARIAN CHANGE PARADIGMS; MODERNISATION, PRODUCTIVISM, INTENSIFICATION...OR MARGINALISATION: THE MEDITERRANEAN CORRECTIVE; THE POST-PRODUCTIVISM ALLEGORY; BREAKING THE DEADLOCK: MULTIFUNCTIONALITY AND THE NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM; NEW CONCEPTS AND DEBATES, OLD DUALISMSCHANGING THE LENSES: MANIFOLD EXPRESSIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE; BEYOND DUALITY; ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGRARIAN AND NON-AGRARIAN DYNAMICS; ON PLURIACTIVITY AND PART-TIME FARMING; ON THE DELAY, SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY IDIOSYNCRASY; AND NOW, THE CRISIS: A CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 3 THE ; 'SOUTHERN MODEL' OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE REVISITED: CONTINUITIES AND DYNAMICS; INTRODUCTION; NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES: THE STRUCTURAL TRAITS; THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURES: HISTORICAL RIGIDITY AND RECENT CHANGES; SOME EXPLANATORY ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURAL RIGIDITYTHE DIFFUSION OF LAND RENTING; INFORMAL LAND CESSIONS AND THE 'REAL' STRUCTURE OF HOLDINGS; FARMING ORGANISATION IN THE SOUTH; RURAL EXODUS AND FARM FAMILY NETWORKS; OUTSOURCING AND AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS; FARM LABOUR MARKET AND THE ROLE OF MIGRANT WORK; OTHER PRODUCTIVIST TRAITS: INTENSIFICATION AND SPECIALISATION; SOME (INTERNALLY COMPLEX) MULTIFUNCTIONAL DYNAMICS; THE 'BOOM' OF QUALITY-ORIENTED DYNAMICS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE; NON-AGRICULTURAL FARM DIVERSIFICATION; A STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROXIMATION TO MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY; CONCLUDING REMARKSNOTES; REFERENCES; 4 CHANGING AGRICULTURE - CHANGING LANDSCAPES: WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HIGH VALUED MONTADO LANDSCAPES OF SOUTHERN PORTUGAL?; THE MONTADO SYSTEM AND LANDSCAPE; RECENT CHANGES IN THE MONTADO PATTERN; LAND MANAGERS OPTIONS IN FACE OF CONFLICTING PRESSURES; DISCUSSION: MONTADO, A THREATHENED LANDSCAPE?; REFERENCES; 5 PROCESSES OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT: LAND USE CHANGE AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN GALICIA (SPAIN); INTRODUCTION; OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT OF THE STUDY; LAND USES IN GALICIAN AGRICULTURE: SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS TRENDS TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; INITIAL SITUATION: LAND USE IN THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMTHE CHANGES IN THE PERIOD 1962-1982; EVOLUTION OF THE FARMLAND DURING 1982-2009; GLOBAL TRENDS; TERRITORIAL DIFFERENCES: EVOLUTION OF UAA AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL; CURRENT USES OF LAND AND ABANDONMENT; GLOBAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES; EXPLANATORY FACTORS OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT IN GALICIA; THE CONSTRAINTS DERIVED FROM THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; DEFICIENCIES IN LAND MOBILITY; DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; THE CONSEQUENCES OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT: PRODUCTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; PRODUCTIVE IMPACTS: LIMITATION OF FARM SIZE AND INTENSIFICATION
• Sommario/riassunto: Mediterranean agriculture is by and large envisaged as a landscape of small farms of high nature value producing worldwide recognisable quality food products that make up the basis of the famous Mediterranean diet and shape Southern European cultures. However, the dynamics developing in the Mediterranean countryside are further complex and diverse; comprising differentiated agricultural systems which have been scarcely analysed in an integrated fashion. This volume illustrates and deepens the understanding of current agrarian dynamics developing in Mediterranean countries in the light of recen