Sökning: "agrarian change"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade orden agrarian change.
11. Bebyggelse i förändring : Uppland från slutet av yngre bronsålder till tidig medeltid
Sammanfattning : This dissertation discusses settlements from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages in eastern Middle Sweden, especially the Mälar valley area, with a focus on Uppland. Chronologically, the emphasis is in the Early Iron Age. A large number of the settlements were discovered during investigations in the late 80s and early 90s. LÄS MER
12. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change
Sammanfattning : To contribute to contemporary rural development debates, the present thesis conducts a contextual analysis of rural development using Kenya as a case study from the colonial era to today. To perform the analysis, two critical trends in rural Africa are focused on: socioeconomic differentiation and rural income diversification, with a particular focus on large-scale farm employment. LÄS MER
13. Doing gender (in) equality in Swedish family farming : gendered labour and resources in agrarian change
Sammanfattning : Economic and social conditions on Swedish farms have altered in recent decades, restructuring the sector, but the family farm is still the primary production unit. Sweden is often described as a role model in gender equality, but a gender-unequal situation in farming has been identified, posing a political challenge. LÄS MER
14. The un/selfish leader : Changing notions in a Tamil Nadu village
Sammanfattning : 'The un/selfish' leader explores notions of selfishness, as they were perceived by people in the village of Ekkaraiyur, Tamil Nadu, India, at a time they associated with thorough changes in their lives.Discussing locally held notions about agrarian change, seen as causing the erosion of earlier village loyalties and leading to the emergence of a new type of leaders, the study focus on the censure of the alleged corruption of these leaders. LÄS MER
15. Articulating Alienation : The History and Experience of Subsumption in Rural Kigoma, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the extension of capitalism in a village in Kigoma Region, Northwest Tanzania, from the point of view of how people experience it. Relying on ten months of field work, interviews, and archival material from the British colonial period, it shows how local conditions of production, and the experiences thereof, are influenced by wider processes of change on a regional, national, and global level. LÄS MER
