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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810711103321

Autore

Sumner Jennifer <1949->

Titolo

Sustainability and the civil commons : rural communities in the age of globalization / / Jennifer Sumner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2005

ISBN

1-4426-8484-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

320.5/8

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Globalization

Capitalism

Cooperation

Quality of life

Electronic books.

Canada Rural conditions

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Age of globalization -- Rural reckoning : the impacts of corporate globalization on rural communities -- Strategies for sustainability : building a theory for practice -- Searching for sustainability : past and present -- Searching for sustainability : future -- New directions for research.

Sommario/riassunto

"Sustainability and the Civil Commons" moves beyond rural roots to build a comprehensive understanding of sustainability that combines global reach with local focus.