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Agriculture and the Generation Problem

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Agriculture and the Generation Problem examines the dynamics of the transfer of agrarian resources and opportunities between the generations in rural communities, and argues that we must take gener...
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This book aims to explore the role of generational relations in the reproduction of agrarian communities in their confrontation with emerging capitalist relations.
Generational dimensions are obviously important in the social reproduction of agrarian communities, and deserving the attention of all those interested in agricultural futures, but they have been relatively neglected compared to class and gender. With some exceptions, especially in Africa (Sumberg et al., 2012) researchers and activists have given little attention to intergenerational differences and tensions in rural people’s engagement with smallholder farming, and with expanding corporate agribusiness.

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Pages: 155
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Series: Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies
Publication Date: 02 March 2020
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781773631677
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)

Ben White is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. From 1997-2006 he was also Professor Extraordinary in Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam.
Generation and gender in agrarian change • Growing up rural: childhood and youth in agrarian societies • Generational dimensions of agrarian transformations • The inter-generational transfer of agrarian resources • Who wants to be a farmer? Agriculture and the next generation • Glossary • References