Communities of Work : Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts.

Communities of Work : Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Falk, William W.
Other Authors:	Schulman, Michael D., Tickamyer, Ann R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : Center for International Studies, Ohio University, 2003.
Subjects:	Sociology, Rural > United States. Rural conditions Sociology, Rural United States > Rural conditions > Case studies. United States > Rural conditions. United States Case studies
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Communities ofWork
Part I: Region, Work, and Restructuring
1 Old Industrial Regions and the Political Economy of Development
2 Place, Race, and State
3 Meat Processing in Rural America
4 Socioeconomic Trends in Mining-Dependent Counties in Appalachia
5 From Extraction to Amenities
Part II: Work and Community
6 Troubled Waters or Business as Usual?
7 Identity of Self and Others through Work
8 Sense of Place and Rural Restructuring
9 Housing Labor's Unrest
10 Hogs and Citizens
11 Does Welfare to Work Work?
Part III Reaction and Resistance
12 The Bus from Hell Hole Swamp
13 Stretched to Their Limits
14 Earning a Living and Building a Life
15 Livelihood Strategies of Farmers in Puerto Rico's Central Region
16 Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts
17 The Social and Economic Context of Informal Work
Empirical Realities, Theoretical Lessons, and Political Implications
Contributors
Index.