Think locally, act globally : Polish farmers in the global era of sustainability and resilience /
edited by Krzysztof Gorlach and Zbigniew Drag ; in collaboration wih Anna Jastrzebiec-Witowska and David Ritter.
Bok Engelsk 2021
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| Medvirkende | Drag, Zbigniew , (editor.)
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| Utgitt | Jagiellonian University Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (709 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jul 2022).. - Cover -- Editorial Page -- Table of Contents -- Family Farming: A foreword -- An Introductory Letter from theFirst Editor: Where the horses, cows, and even cats had their own names -- PART ONE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Some Introductory Remarks by the First Editor to Part One -- Chapter One: Thinking and Actingin the Age of Local-Global Relations:Think locally and act globally -- Chapter Two: Mixed Methodologies, Sustainable Analyses -- PART TWO CHANGES IN THE POST-COMMUNIST TRANSFORMATION -- Some Introductory Remarks by the First Editor to Part Two -- Chapter Three: From Repressive Tolerance to Oppressive Freedom: The end of Polish peasantry? -- Chapter Four: Family Farms in 2017: Drawingof the sociological portrait -- Chapter Five: Large Farmsand Big Farmers in Poland in 2017 -- Chapter Six: In Search of a Balance: Some aspects of sustainable farming -- Chapter Seven: Polish Farm Women as Managers -- Chapter Eight: Farm Women as Participants in Social Life -- Chapter Nine: Class Diversification among Polish Farmers in 2017 -- PART THREE DIVERSIFICATION OF FARMERS' STRATEGIES -- Some Introductory Remarks by the Editors to Part Three -- Chapter Ten: Regional Farming Strategies in Poland of 2017 -- Chapter Eleven: Daily Life Strategies among Farming Families in Poland of 2017 -- PART FOUR SOME INDEPENDENT STUDIES -- Some Introductory Remarks by the First Editor to Part Four -- Chapter Twelve: The Modern Barnin the Local Cultural Field: Habitusof strong family farms in the faceof changes in the contemporary Polish countryside -- Chapter Thirteen: Food Safetyand Food Security from the Perspective of the Functioning of Farms in Poland -- Chapter Fourteen: The Impact of Mechanization and Digitalization of Agriculture on the Farm Development in Poland -- Addendum: Descriptions of respondents.. - Chapter Fifteen: Polish Farmers' Protest Activities and Mobilization Process: Past and present -- Conclusion: Some Final Remarks from the First Editor -- Afterword: Renewing a Sociology of Agriculture -- Biograms.. - The monograph should be seen as an attempt to present changes affecting the category of family farm owners in Poland over the last 70 years, since the end of World War II. These changes brought significant social transformations, including the dismantling of the landowner class (who had large agricultural farms in their possession), moving the state border westward and changing the multiethnic Polish society into one close to ethnic homogeneity.<br><br>The main goal of this reflection is to recount ways in which family farms coped with various unfavorable forces and factors in order to remain in operation. One could say that the entire study can be viewed as a manifestation of the well-known phrase that served as the title of the James C. Scott book (1990): <i>Domination and the Arts of Resistance</i>. The monograph presented here refers to these analyses stemming from another edition of sociological research, completed within the framework of the MAESTRO project financed by the National Science Center of Poland.<br><br>The main goal of the project was to depict the functioning of agricultural family farms as the traditional sector of agriculture in Poland in the contemporary context of globalization processes. The farms were examined in terms of the principles of sustainable development as well as flexibility and resilience in reaction to various crises.<br><br>The monograph is divided into four essential parts. The first part is devoted to the theoretical issues and methodological groundwork for the entire publication. The second part of the book aims to capture the changes that took place from 1994 to 2017, which was an adequate period to encompass the changes and metamorphoses that mostly happened as a result of two things: the regime transformation which began in 1990, and Poland's accession to the European Union on May 1, 2004. The third part deals with the crucial issues of regional variations, mostly in regard to life strategies and strategies of operating agricultural farms. Finally, there is a fourth part which places the focus on select themes, such as rural lifestyles, food safety and security, farmers' utilization of new computer and IT resources, and the potential for socio-political mobilization.
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| ISBN | 83-233-7195-4
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