Communities of work : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer

• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map
• Disciplina: 307.72/0973
• Soggetto topico: Sociology, Rural - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Rural conditions; United States Rural conditions Case studies
• Altri autori: FalkWilliam W SchulmanMichael D TickamyerAnn R
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Communities ofWork -- Part I: Region,Work, and Restructuring -- 1 Old Industrial Regions and the Political Economy of Development -- 2 Place, Race, and State -- 3 Meat Processing in Rural America -- 4 Socioeconomic Trends in Mining-Dependent Counties in Appalachia -- 5 From Extraction to Amenities -- Part II: Work and Community -- 6 Troubled Waters or Business as Usual? -- 7 Identity of Self and Others through Work -- 8 Sense of Place and Rural Restructuring -- 9 Housing Labor's Unrest -- 10 Hogs and Citizens -- 11 Does Welfare to Work Work? -- Part III Reaction and Resistance -- 12 The Bus from Hell Hole Swamp -- 13 Stretched to Their Limits -- 14 Earning a Living and Building a Life -- 15 Livelihood Strategies of Farmers in Puerto Rico's Central Region -- 16 Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts -- 17 The Social and Economic Context of Informal Work -- Empirical Realities, Theoretical Lessons, and Political Implications -- Contributors -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Communities of work
• ISBN: 0-89680-447-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827826603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in international studies. . -Global and comparative studies series ; ; no. 2.