Peasant poverty and persistence in the twenty-first century : theories, debates, realities and policies /
edited by Julio Boltvinik and Susan Archer Mann ; foreword by Meghnad Desai.
- London : Zed Books, 2016
- xxxi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- CROP international studies in poverty research. .
Introducing the book -- Poverty and persistence of the peasantry : background paper / by Julio Boltvinik -- Rethinking rustic issues : contributions to a theory of contemporary peasantry / by Armando Bartra -- From field to fork : labour power, its reproduction, and the persistence of peasant poverty / by Gordon Welty, Susan Mann, James Dickinson and Emily Blumenfeld -- Baroque modernity and peasant poverty in the twenty-first century / by Luis Arizmendi -- Agriculture/industry, rural/urban, peasants/workers : some reflections on poverty, persistence and change / by Henry Bernstein -- Employment and rural poverty in Mexico / by Araceli Damián and Edith Pacheco -- From the persistence of the peasantry in capitalism to the environmentalism of indigenous peoples and the sustainability of life / by Enrique Leff -- South American peasants and poor farmers facing global environmental change : a development dilemma / by Elma Montaña -- Financialisation of the food sector and peasants' persistence / by Kostas Vergopoulos -- The rise and fall of the agrarian welfare state : peasants, globalisation, and the privatisation of development / by Farshad A. Araghi -- Dialogues and debates on peasant poverty and persistence : around the background paper and beyond / by Julio Boltvinik.
9781783608430 P 24.99
Peasants--Economic conditions--21st century. Rural poor. Peasants --Social conditions--21st century