The sociology of farming : concepts and methods / Jan Douwe van der Ploeg.

"This book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of the sociology of farming. The sociology of farming focuses on co-production: the ongoing interaction and mutual transformation of the natural and the social (of 'human and living nature') whic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der, 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
Series:Earthscan food and agriculture.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • The specificity of farming
  • 2.
  • The farm labour process
  • 3.
  • Markets and technology: a space for manoeuvre
  • 4.
  • Styles of farming
  • 5.
  • Farm development trajectories and agricultural growth
  • 6.
  • Farming, society and capital
  • 7.
  • Rural development processes
  • 8.
  • Constructing new markets
  • 9.
  • Peasant resistances and struggles
  • 10.
  • Dealing with socio-material practices.