Wageningen Academic Publishers - Catalogue 2015

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16 Social science Wageningen Academic P u b l i s h e r s The great diversity Trajectories of Asian development edited by: Camilla Brautaset and Christopher M. Dent NEW This book brings together scholars from the universities of Bergen and Leeds who explore how we may understand different trajectories of development in Asia, arguably the most dynamic and certainly the most diverse part of our world. It asserts that there is no one singular ‘truth’ on understanding development, or universal model on prescribing future paths of development. Evidence from Asia reminds us that the importance of locality in shaping development has not diminished despite deepening globalisation in the modern era. Furthermore, by accepting the prevalence of diversity we are able to learn certain lessons of development from each other, both within and across scholarly disciplines. The book explores how the concept of ‘development’ is itself highly contested, and there exist multiple narratives and discourses on the subject as demonstrated in this book. This book does not seek to define development, or prescribe a particular method of understanding it in an Asian context. Rather, it presents a number of works that in their own way touch on the subject of development, and it lays bare the inherent diversity of development as an idea, practice and experience. It is up to the reader to reflect on how the evidence and arguments presented in each chapter resonates, or not, on their own understanding of development. © 2014 – 240 pages – EUR 56 – USD 78 Edited volume paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-233-7 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-786-8 www.WageningenAcademic.com/greatdiversity EU policy for agriculture, food and rural areas edited by: Arie Oskam, Gerrit Meester and Huib Silvis The European Union varies widely within its boundaries. Still, there are common policies for agriculture, food and rural areas, although with many differences in relation to specific conditions in Member States. Starting with the Mac Sharry reform in 1992, the EU is on a long-term path to freer and more open markets. Traditional EU market and price measures are now largely replaced by ‘decoupled’ direct income support, and further steps are being Best seller prepared. There is increased attention at both EU and Member-State levels to food quality, food safety and animal welfare, as there is also to the environment and the development of rural areas. The Union is thus becoming a leader in food and rural policies. Many experts have contributed their up-to-date knowledge to this book. It is suitable for scientific and professional education at bachelor level, and as a supporting text in master level courses. Business executives, officials and non-governmental organisations will also find this book to be of interest. ‘It might be argued that there is no need for another book on the CAP (...). But this book is rather different, and it certainly fills a gap in the literature.’ Wilfred Legg, Eurochoices 9(2) ‘Readers will be pleased by the broad perspective of this book, which covers many interesting EU policy areas.’ Mariann Fischer-Boel (Preface) and David Blandford, JAE 62(1) © 2011 – 454 pages – EUR 48 – USD 66 Textbook Second, completely revised edition paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-180-4 www.WageningenAcademic.com/eupolicy The arena of everyday life ISSN 1871-9309 – Mansholt Publication Series 12 edited by: Carja Butijn, Johan van Ophem and Gerda Casimir In The arena of everyday life nine authors look back and forward at developments in the sociology of consumers and households. Nine chapters show variety in the employed methods, from multivariate analyses of survey data to classical essays. The contributions are organised around four themes. In the first theme, two chapters entail a critical discussion of the concepts livelihood and household. The second part deals with health, in particular food security, hygiene and aids/HIV. The third theme focuses on female opportunities to foster income procurement of household by respectively microfinance and entrepreneurship. The fourth theme concentrates on two topical societal developments in a Western society, the first chapter dealing with the issue of creating opportunities for tailor-made services to older people, the second one focussing on the home-work balance of telecommuters. This publication, written by international researchers, once supervised by prof. Anke Niehof, while writing their PhD dissertation, or (former) colleagues of Niehof, covers the many issues and reflecting her work and interest. The arena of everyday life is what her research and teaching evolved around, as shown in this book. © 2013 – 176 pages – EUR 44 – USD 60 Edited volume paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-221-4 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-775-2 www.WageningenAcademic.com/mansholt12
Wageningen Academic P u b l i s h e r s Social science 17 Rural development Knowledge and expertise in governance authors: Kristof Van Assche and Anna-Katharina Hornidge NEW This book offers a unique perspective on rural development, by discussing various influential perspectives and making their risks and benefits understandable. The authors do not present a magical formula to solve all issues, or to show the best possible future. Rather, they give students, researchers, community leaders, politicians, concerned citizens and development organizations the conceptual tools to understand how things are organized now, which development path has already been taken, and how things could possibly move in a different direction. Van Assche and Hornidge pay special attention to the different roles of knowledge in rural development, both expert knowledge in various guises and local knowledge. Crafting development strategies requires understanding how new knowledge can fit in and work out in governance. Players in governance bring their own realities to the table, their own ideas on the knowledge necessary for development. Drawing on various theories and on projects and experiences on five continents, the book shows how ways to organize governance, approaches to development, and rural development perspectives, are inextricably tied. A community is much better placed to choose direction, when it understands these ties. © 2015 – ± 250 pages Textbook paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-256-6 www.WageningenAcademic.com/ruraldevelopment Rural protest groups and populist political parties edited by: Dirk Strijker, Gerrit Voerman and Ida Terluin NEW There are a few examples in the Western world in which agricultural and rural protest groups have developed into populist political parties (Poland, the Netherlands, Finland). This book is the first to explore under which conditions this happens, and to what extend populist parties do have rural ties and a rural agenda. Well-known authors with backgrounds in rural studies or in political sciences describe and analyse the situation in a number of countries (United Kingdom, France, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, Finland). To a large extent the political system and existing political landscape determine the opportunity structure for rural protest groups to play a role as political party. However, such parties can only survive when they enlarge their agenda, away from agriculture and the rural. The chances are best for groups with a national and broad rural agenda (instead of regional or sectoral). The authors also show that populist parties often start with an urban agenda, but that generally they have quite some support in rural areas, even more so when they develop an explicit rural political agenda. © 2015 – ± 200 pages Edited volume paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-259-7 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-807-0 www.WageningenAcademic.com/ruralprotest Coffee certification in East Africa: impact on farms, families and cooperatives edited by: Ruerd Ruben and Paul Hoebink NEW Certification of coffee producers is frequently suggested as a promising strategy for improving the position of smallholder farmers in the market. After the launch of the first Fairtrade label in 1988, several other standards have been promoted either by voluntary agencies (Utz-certified) or by private coffee companies. Each coffee label relies on different strategies for enhancing sustainable production and responsible trade. Coffee certification in East Africa is of a rather recent nature but has been rapidly expanding, representing currently 26 percent of the world’s sustainable certified coffee supply. Marketing channels, cooperative organisation and household structures show notable differences between Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Empirical studies on the effects of standards for smallholders are scarce. This book intends to deepen our understanding on the role and functions of coffee certification regimes, based on three innovative approaches: (1) longitudinal field survey data capturing changes in coffee farming systems and effects on household welfare; (2) in-depth interviews and behavioural experiments regarding risk attitudes, trust and investments at cooperative level; and (3) detailed discourse analyses regarding gender roles and female bargaining power within coffee households. The chapters included in this book provide new and original evidence about the impact of coffee certification based on large-scale field surveys and in-depth interviews. © 2015 – ± 250 pages Edited volume paperback ISBN 978-90-8686-255-9 e-book ISBN 978-90-8686-805-6 www.WageningenAcademic.com/coffee
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