Originally published in 1992, the volume shows through the lens of labour processes how global forces are played out at the local level. A range of important issues is addressed, including the commoditization and transformation of rural labour, and the role played by state policy in restructuring rural labour markets.

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Cover
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Title Page
Copyright Page
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List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Labour and Locality: Emerging Research Issues
1 The Reconstitution of Locality: Technology and Labour in Modern Agriculture
2 Transformation of the Labour System and Work Processes in a Rapidly Modernising Agriculture: The Evolving Case of Spain
3 Rural Labour Markets Meeting Urbanisation and the Arena Society: New Challenges for Policy and Planning in Rural Scandinavia
4 Class-based Social Mobility on the Rural/Urban Fringe: Cambodian Farmworkers in Philadelphia
5 Local Culture, Life Mode and Development in a Norwegian Rural Community
6 On the Margins: Uneven Development and Rural Restructuring in the Highlands of Scotland
7 Representing the Region: Welsh Farmers and the British State
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