In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world's population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmingly retains a rural face. This book assembles an unparalleled group of internationally-eminent scholars in the field of rural development and social change in order to explore historical and contemporary processes of agrarian change and transformation and their consequent impact upon the livelihoods, poverty and well-being of those who live in the countryside. The book provides a critical analysis of the extent to which rural development...
In 2007, for the first time in human history, a majority of the world's population lived in cities. However, on a global scale, poverty overwhelmin...
This book is designed for courses relating gender to the economy. Its purpose is to enable readers to get a clear and concise understanding of the gendered character of the economy and of economic policy.
In order to comprehensively do this, the book encompasses:
- the micro level of agency, firms, households and communities
- the meso level of markets and the state
- the macro level of economic growth, unemployment and poverty, as well as globalization and international trade.
The entry point of the book is the...
This book is designed for courses relating gender to the economy. Its purpose is to enable readers to get a clear and concise understanding of the ...
