The coupling of rural communities with their economic base: agriculture, localism and the discourse of self-sufficiency

Lockie, Stewart; Hogan, Edward Anthony

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The coupling of rural communities with their economic base: agriculture, localism and the discourse of self-sufficiency

Date

2013

Authors

Lockie, Stewart

Hogan, Edward Anthony

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

In the context of the changing socio-economic position of agriculture, this paper is concerned with the governmental relations associated with managing the decoupling of society from economy and the ensuing question about how the economic base can be adeq