Agrarian dreams : the paradox of organic farming in California / / Julie Guthman |
Autore | Guthman Julie |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 635/.048409794 |
Collana | California Studies in Critical Human Geography |
Soggetto topico | Organic farming - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
american agriculture anthropology big organic business and industry california californian agriculture career economics environmental problems environmental studies farmers and farming farming federal government federal organic program food studies food geography golden state health problems history organic agriculture organic certification organic farming organic food organic label politics small organic small scale organic farming sociology transforming agriculture |
ISBN | 0-520-95913-2 |
Classificazione | ZA 55383 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Agrarian Dreams -- 2. Finding the Way: Roads to Organic Production -- 3. Organic Farming: Ideal Practices and Practical Ideals -- 4. California Dreaming: California's Agro-Industrial Legacy -- 5. Organic Sediment: A Geography of Organic Production -- 6. Conventionalizing Organic: From Social Movement to Industry via Regulation -- 7. Organic Regulation Ramified -- 8. California Organics, Fifteen Years On -- 9. The Agrarian Answer? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791020303321 |
Guthman Julie | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agrarian dreams : the paradox of organic farming in California / / Julie Guthman |
Autore | Guthman Julie |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 635/.048409794 |
Collana | California Studies in Critical Human Geography |
Soggetto topico | Organic farming - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
american agriculture anthropology big organic business and industry california californian agriculture career economics environmental problems environmental studies farmers and farming farming federal government federal organic program food studies food geography golden state health problems history organic agriculture organic certification organic farming organic food organic label politics small organic small scale organic farming sociology transforming agriculture |
ISBN | 0-520-95913-2 |
Classificazione | ZA 55383 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Agrarian Dreams -- 2. Finding the Way: Roads to Organic Production -- 3. Organic Farming: Ideal Practices and Practical Ideals -- 4. California Dreaming: California's Agro-Industrial Legacy -- 5. Organic Sediment: A Geography of Organic Production -- 6. Conventionalizing Organic: From Social Movement to Industry via Regulation -- 7. Organic Regulation Ramified -- 8. California Organics, Fifteen Years On -- 9. The Agrarian Answer? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821527403321 |
Guthman Julie | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blind decades : employment and growth in France, 1974-2014 / / Philippe Askenazy ; translated from the French by Susan Emanuel ; foreword by Richard Freeman |
Autore | Askenazy Philippe |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | xvi, 260 pages |
Disciplina | 330.944/083 |
Soggetto topico | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
Soggetto non controllato |
business and industry
business career development of france economic conditions economic growth economic history economic recovery economics employment france french economic policies french economy french history globalization government and governing great recession historical industrial revolution industrial strategy labor market liberalism mass unemployment oil crisis political economy political politics socialism soft economic liberalism state control western economies |
ISBN | 0-520-95995-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Four Decades of an Industrial Revolution -- Chapter Two. 1974–1981: The Creation of Mass Unemployment -- Chapter Three. 1981–1986: The Socialists Try -- Chapter Four. 1986–1993: From Hard to Soft Economic Liberalism -- Chapter Five. 1993–2002 : "New" Effective Policies? -- Chapter Six. 2002–2007: The Decay of French Economic Policy -- Chapter Seven. 2007–2013: From Optimism to the Great Recession -- Chapter Eight. The State of France: Four Decades after the First Oil Crisis -- Conclusion -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787062203321 |
Askenazy Philippe | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blind decades : employment and growth in France, 1974-2014 / / Philippe Askenazy ; translated from the French by Susan Emanuel ; foreword by Richard Freeman |
Autore | Askenazy Philippe |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | xvi, 260 pages |
Disciplina | 330.944/083 |
Soggetto topico | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
Soggetto non controllato |
business and industry
business career development of france economic conditions economic growth economic history economic recovery economics employment france french economic policies french economy french history globalization government and governing great recession historical industrial revolution industrial strategy labor market liberalism mass unemployment oil crisis political economy political politics socialism soft economic liberalism state control western economies |
ISBN | 0-520-95995-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Four Decades of an Industrial Revolution -- Chapter Two. 1974–1981: The Creation of Mass Unemployment -- Chapter Three. 1981–1986: The Socialists Try -- Chapter Four. 1986–1993: From Hard to Soft Economic Liberalism -- Chapter Five. 1993–2002 : "New" Effective Policies? -- Chapter Six. 2002–2007: The Decay of French Economic Policy -- Chapter Seven. 2007–2013: From Optimism to the Great Recession -- Chapter Eight. The State of France: Four Decades after the First Oil Crisis -- Conclusion -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824400303321 |
Askenazy Philippe | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival / / Daniel Jaffee |
Autore | Jaffee Daniel <1965-> |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
Disciplina | 382/.41373091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Coffee industry - Developing countries
Exports - Developing countries Competition, Unfair Coffee - Prices - Developing countries |
Soggetto non controllato |
alternative marketing
anthropology business and industry business capitalism coffee farmers coffee industry coffee lovers coffee producing households coffee corporations economics fair trade coffee fair trade consumption fair trade global economy international business international fair trade market justice mexican coffee mexico michiza money and power oaxaca organic coffee political economy politics small farmers social justice transnational corporations zapotec indigenous communities |
ISBN | 0-520-95788-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Preface to the 2007 Edition -- Introduction -- 1. A Movement or a Market? -- 2. Coffee, Commodities, Crisis -- 3. One Region, Two Markets -- 4. The Difference a Market Makes: Livelihoods and Labor -- 5. A Sustainable Cup? Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Coffee, and Organic Production -- 6. Eating and Staying on the Land: Food Security and Migration -- 7. Dancing with the Devil? -- 8. "Mejor, Pero No Muy Bien Que Digamos": The Limits of Fair Trade -- 9. Strengthening Fair Trade -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Seeking Justice in a Shifting Terrain -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Bibliography to the 2014 Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786752503321 |
Jaffee Daniel <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival / / Daniel Jaffee |
Autore | Jaffee Daniel <1965-> |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
Disciplina | 382/.41373091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Coffee industry - Developing countries
Exports - Developing countries Competition, Unfair Coffee - Prices - Developing countries |
Soggetto non controllato |
alternative marketing
anthropology business and industry business capitalism coffee farmers coffee industry coffee lovers coffee producing households coffee corporations economics fair trade coffee fair trade consumption fair trade global economy international business international fair trade market justice mexican coffee mexico michiza money and power oaxaca organic coffee political economy politics small farmers social justice transnational corporations zapotec indigenous communities |
ISBN | 0-520-95788-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Preface to the 2007 Edition -- Introduction -- 1. A Movement or a Market? -- 2. Coffee, Commodities, Crisis -- 3. One Region, Two Markets -- 4. The Difference a Market Makes: Livelihoods and Labor -- 5. A Sustainable Cup? Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Coffee, and Organic Production -- 6. Eating and Staying on the Land: Food Security and Migration -- 7. Dancing with the Devil? -- 8. "Mejor, Pero No Muy Bien Que Digamos": The Limits of Fair Trade -- 9. Strengthening Fair Trade -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Seeking Justice in a Shifting Terrain -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Bibliography to the 2014 Epilogue -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825986503321 |
Jaffee Daniel <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information and Organizations / / Arthur L. Stinchcombe |
Autore | Stinchcombe Arthur L. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1990] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina |
658.4/038
658.403 |
Collana | California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy |
Soggetto topico |
Uncertainty
Management information systems Organizational behavior Industrial organization Industrial sociology |
Soggetto non controllato |
alfred chandler
artisans business and industry business capitalism centralization certainty consumers cost reduction decentralization division of labor divisionalization dupont general motors industrial revolution information systems innovation james march macroeconomics market forces mass production microeconomics monopoly nonfiction oliver williamson organizational structure organizational theory organizations political science professionals sears social science uncertainty wholesaling workers |
ISBN |
1-282-35558-9
9786612355585 0-520-90962-3 0-585-29942-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Information, Uncertainty, Structure, And Function In Organizational Sociology -- 2. Individuals' Skills As Information Processing: Charles F. Sabel And The Division Of Labor -- 3. Manufacturing Information Systems: Sources Of Technical Uncertainty And The Information For Technical Decisions -- 4. Market Uncertainty And Divisionalization: Alfred D. Chandler's Strategy And Structure -- 5. Turning Inventions Into Innovations: Schumpeter's Organizational Sociology Modernized -- 6. Organizing Information Outside The Firm: Contracts As Hierarchical Documents -- 7. Segmentation Of The Labor Market And Information On The Skill Of Workers -- 8. Class Consciousness And Organizational Sociology: E. P. Thompson Applied To Contemporary Class Consciousness -- 9. University Administration Of Research Space And Teaching Loads: Managers Who Do Not Know What Their Workers Are Doing -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495888603321 |
Stinchcombe Arthur L. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1990] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The labor of luck [[electronic resource] ] : casino capitalism in the United States and South Africa / / Jeffrey J. Sallaz |
Autore | Sallaz Jeffrey J. <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/77950968 |
Soggetto topico |
Casinos - United States
Casinos - South Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
american casinos business and industry business capitalism casino capitalism casino dealers casino industry casino management comparative ethnography consumerism economic history ethnography global casino gold city casino labor studies las vegas neoliberalism north america pit bosses political history postcolonialism power and wealth regulated labor regulations silver state casino sociology south africa south african casinos united states of america vegas experience work and labor |
ISBN |
1-282-35988-6
9786612359880 0-520-94465-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: Dealing With Globalization -- 1. Nevada: Learning To Deal -- 2. Silver State Casino: Entrepreneurs At Work -- 3. South Africa: Gambling With Empowerment -- 4. Gold City Casino: Effacing Labor -- 5. The Politics Of Producing Service -- 6. Cut From The Same Cloth: Convergent Historical Origins -- 7. The Birth Of Regulation: States, Stigmata, And Symbolic Capital -- 8. Of Dice And Men: Divergent Modes Of Management -- Conclusion: Casino Capitalism And Politico-Performativity -- Methodological Appendix: Comparative Ethnography And Reflexive Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780435803321 |
Sallaz Jeffrey J. <1974-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Markets and states in tropical Africa : the political basis of agricultural policies / / Robert H. Bates, updated and expanded with a new preface |
Autore | Bates Robert H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/867 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african countries african history agriculture business and industry business california series on social choice and political economy cash crops corrupt governments economic growth economic recovery economics food sector governments and governing growth tragedy industrial sector money political marginalization political reform politics postcolonial africa postcolonialism pricing policies rural economies urban areas volunteerism wealth and poverty wealth |
ISBN | 0-520-95852-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Policies Toward Cash Crops for Export -- 2. The Food Sector: The Political Dynamics of Pricing Policies -- 3. The Food Sector: The Use of Nonprice Strategies -- 4. The Emerging Industrial Sector -- 5. The Market as Political Arena and the Limits of Voluntarism -- 6. Rental Havens and Protective Shelters: Organizing Support Among the Urban Beneficiaries -- 7. The Origins of Political Marginalism: Evoking Compliance From the Countryside -- 8. Commonalities and Variations: The Politics of Agricultural Policy -- 9. Political Reform and Economic Development -- Appendix A: Interrelations Between Food Supply, Demand, and Prices -- Appendix B: Value Received by Farmers for Export Crops -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790942203321 |
Bates Robert H. | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Markets and states in tropical Africa : the political basis of agricultural policies / / Robert H. Bates, updated and expanded with a new preface |
Autore | Bates Robert H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/867 |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african countries african history agriculture business and industry business california series on social choice and political economy cash crops corrupt governments economic growth economic recovery economics food sector governments and governing growth tragedy industrial sector money political marginalization political reform politics postcolonial africa postcolonialism pricing policies rural economies urban areas volunteerism wealth and poverty wealth |
ISBN | 0-520-95852-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the 2014 Edition -- Preface to the 2005 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Policies Toward Cash Crops for Export -- 2. The Food Sector: The Political Dynamics of Pricing Policies -- 3. The Food Sector: The Use of Nonprice Strategies -- 4. The Emerging Industrial Sector -- 5. The Market as Political Arena and the Limits of Voluntarism -- 6. Rental Havens and Protective Shelters: Organizing Support Among the Urban Beneficiaries -- 7. The Origins of Political Marginalism: Evoking Compliance From the Countryside -- 8. Commonalities and Variations: The Politics of Agricultural Policy -- 9. Political Reform and Economic Development -- Appendix A: Interrelations Between Food Supply, Demand, and Prices -- Appendix B: Value Received by Farmers for Export Crops -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828627903321 |
Bates Robert H. | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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