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    The Good Farmer Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture
    (London / New York: Routledge, 2021)
    Burton, Rob J.F.
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    Stock, Paul
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    Sutherland, Lee-Ann
    Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive theorisation of the concept of the 'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of contemporary applications of good farming concepts, and new case studies, providing a springboard for future research. The concept of the good farmer has emerged in recent years as part of a move away from attitude and economic-based understandings of farm decision-making towards a deeper understanding of culture and symbolism in agriculture. The Good Farmer shows why agricultural production is socially and culturally, as well as economically, important. It explores the history of the concept and its position in contemporary theory, as well as its use and meaning in a variety of different contexts, including landscape, environment, gender, society, and as a tool for resistance. By exploring the idea of the good farmer, it reveals the often-unforeseen assumptions implicit in food and agricultural policy that draw on culture, identity, and presumed notions of what is 'good'. The book concludes by considering the potential of the good farmer concept for addressing future, emerging issues in agriculture. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of food and agriculture and rural development, as well as professionals and policymakers involved in the food and agricultural industry. Table of Contents 1. The ‘good farmer’: cultural dimensions of farming and social change 2. The origins of the ‘good farmer’ 3. How symbols of ‘good farming’ develop: the historical development of ‘tidy farming’ 4. Theorising the ‘good farmer’: from common sense category to analytical construct 5. Morality and the ‘good farmer’ 6. The gendered ‘good farmer’ 7. The ‘good farmer’ in communities of practice 8. Future challenges for the ‘good farmer’
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    Agri-environmental Governance as an Assemblage Multiplicity, Power, and Transformation
    (London/New York: Routledge, 2018) ;
    Rosin, Christopher
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    Campbell, Hugh
    Features Develops assemblage theory as an original analytical framework for the study of agri-environmental governance. Presents alternative perspectives on the kind of governance instruments that support the development of more sustainable agriculture and food systems. Includes a wide range of international examples, including case studies from south-east and east Asia, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand and the USA. Summary In recent decades, the governance of the environment in agri-food systems has emerged as a crucial challenge. A multiplicity of actors have been enrolled in this process, with the private sector and civil society progressively becoming key components in a global context often described as neoliberalization. Agri-environmental governance (AEG) thus gathers a highly complex assemblage of actors and instruments, with multiple interrelations. This book addresses this complexity, challenging traditional modes of research and explanation in social science and agri-food studies. To do so, it draws on multiple theoretical and methodological insights, applied to case studies from Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It elaborates an emergent approach to AEG practices as assemblages, looking at the coming-together of multiple actors with diverse trajectories and objectives. The book lays the foundations for an encompassing theoretical framework that transcends pre-existing categories, as well as promoting innovative methodologies, which integrate the role of social actors – including scientists – in the construction of new assemblages. The chapters define, first, the multiplicities and agencies inherent to AEG assemblages. A second set tackles the question of the politics in AEG assemblages, where political hierarchies interweave with economic power and the search for more democratic and participative approaches. Finally, these insights are developed in the form of assemblage practice and methodology. The book challenges social scientists to confront the shortcomings of existing approaches and consider alternative answers to questions about environmental governance of agri-food systems. 
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    Accès libre
    Anthropologie politique du paysage. Valeurs et postures paysagères des montagnes suisses
    (Paris: Karthala, 2009)
    Droz, Yvan
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    Miéville-Ott, Valérie
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    Spichiger, Rachel
    Pour l'anthropologue, le paysage est un construit social et consiste en une représentation qui n'a pas de réalité objective. Le paysage associe un substrat physique au regard d'un individu socialement et culturellement déterminé. Comme objet politique, le paysage est l'enjeu d'une lutte entre divers acteurs pour le définir de manière particulière. Les représentations paysagères dépendent en effet de l'identité complexe des agents sociaux susceptibles de mobiliser diverses postures qui actualisent dans la réalité sociale des valeurs paysagères. Le concept de posture paysagère décrit le discours et la position observable prise par un individu face à un paysage en lien avec sa profession, son origine sociale, son histoire personnelle, etc. Cette théorie anthropologique du paysage nous permet de proposer des outils pratiques pour une négociation paysagère : reconnaître que chacun représente une (ou plusieurs) postures paysagères conduit à des prises de position plus souples et ouvre au dialogue.
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    Accès libre
    Un métier sans avenir? La La Grande Transformation de l'agriculture suisse romande
    (Paris/Genève: Karthala/IUED, 2007)
    Cet ouvrage s'intéresse plus particulièrement aux paysans en difficulté, car, en Suisse, près de deux exploitations agricoles sur trois fonctionnent à perte. Par de nombreux entretiens, les auteurs ont cherché à comprendre pourquoi les paysans suisses persistent à perdre de l'argent en travaillant avec abnégation. En effet, les statistiques ne fournissent aucune explication sur ce phénomène paradoxal. Un métier sans avenir ? Les auteurs répondent par la négative à cette question, Le tableau que dresse ce livre de l'agriculture suisse n'implique nullement qu'elle soit condamnée à disparaître.