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UNINA9910461086003321 |
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Autore |
Knudsen Ida Harboe |
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Titolo |
New Lithuania in old hands : effects and outcomes of Europeanization in rural Lithuania / / Ida Harboe Knudsen [[electronic resource]] |
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London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-38500-6 |
9786613562920 |
0-85728-936-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Farms, Small - Lithuania |
Social stratification - Lithuania |
Lithuania Social conditions 21st century |
Lithuania Politics and government 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Small-scale farmers at the geopolitical return to Europe 1990-2004 -- Paradoxes of aging : on aging farmers and aging politicians -- Effects of and responses to the EU programs in the countryside -- The insiders and the outsiders : Europeanization of products and people in the marketplace -- "If you wish your son bad luck, give him your land" : Europeanization, demographic change, and social security -- "They told us we would be getting up on the high mountain" : concluding remarks. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on detailed ethnographic material, New Lithuania in Old Hands analyzes the impact that European Union accession has had upon the countrys aging smallscale farmers, and describes how the reality of Lithuanias EU membership has been a far cry from the scenarios of wealth and overabundance once promised. The text reveals that, in many instances, membership has resulted in a return to subsistence production, increased insecurity and a reinforcement of kinship obligations. Thus instead of treating the European Union as an elite project and voicing the support of various other segments of the population, this volume shows how broad parts of the rural population |
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