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Financial literacy practices on family farms 家庭农场的金融知识普及实践

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103468

John Nolan , Teresa Hogan , Michael T. Hayden

Financial literacy has attracted significant interest in the past two decades with researchers predominantly focusing on two dimensions of its conceptualisation; knowledge and application. This paper answers calls for research on how context shapes financial literacy in Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) using a practice framework drawn from established literacy theory. Financial literacy practices manifest in events and are influenced and shaped by social, cultural, temporal, technological, historical and institutional circumstances. This context-driven approach facilitates the examination of financial literacy in MSMEs where the owner-manager's financial literacy is entwined with that of the enterprise's practices. Using in-depth longitudinal case studies, we show how social and financial literacy practices on family farms are intrinsically interlinked and frame the timing of financial activities, the roles and tasks people undertake, the location where these activities occur, and how they are articulated. Institutional power relationships manifest in the disconnect between farm level financial literacy practices, many of which are informal and idiosyncratic, and those required by banks and government agencies. This power divide leads to frustration and sometimes apparent indifference to conducting more formal financial literacy practices. Temporality also emerges as a critical contextual factor. We identify the important moments in the farming calendar when farmers are focused on the financial aspects of the farm and propose that educational programmes aimed at improving the farmers' financial literacy could be more effectively targeted using a social practice lens.

在过去二十年里，金融扫盲引起了人们的极大兴趣，研究人员主要关注其概念化的两个方面：知识和应用。本文从已有的金融知识扫盲理论中汲取了一个实践框架，以回应关于研究背景如何影响中小微型企业（MSMEs）金融知识扫盲的呼吁。金融扫盲实践体现在各种事件中，并受到社会、文化、时间、技术、历史和制度环境的影响和塑造。这种以情境为导向的方法有助于研究中小微企业的金融素养，因为企业所有者-管理者的金融素养与企业的实践息息相关。通过深入的纵向案例研究，我们展示了家庭农场的社会和金融扫盲实践是如何内在地相互关联，并对金融活动的时间安排、人们所承担的角色和任务、这些活动发生的地点以及这些活动的表述方式进行了框定。制度性权力关系表现为农场层面的金融知识普及实践与银行和政府机构要求的金融知识普及实践之间的脱节，其中许多实践都是非正式的、特立独行的。这种权力鸿沟导致了挫败感，有时对开展更正式的金融知识普及活动明显漠不关心。时间性也是一个关键的背景因素。我们确定了农耕日历中农民关注农场财务问题的重要时刻，并建议从社会实践的角度出发，更有效地开展旨在提高农民财务知识的教育计划。

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Community Co-creation through knowledge (Co)Production: The engagement of universities in promoting rural revitalization in China 通过知识（共同）生产实现社区共创：大学参与推动中国乡村振兴

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103455

Wei Lang , Menelaos Gkartzios , Jialing Yan , Tingting Chen , Shuying Tan

The global discourse on the role of universities in rural revitalization has gained significant attention. The proposition is to leverage university expertise and resources to support rural development, including knowledge (co)production, community co-creation, and volunteerism – a practice that essentially bridges local actors and their knowledge with external actors and their knowledge. As advocated by UN Habitat III, the collaboration between universities and rural communities is an initiative exemplified by China's “Jointly Create a Beautiful Environment and a Happy Life” to enhance the built environment. This study aims to comprehensively investigate the implementation and outcomes of the “Rural Four Small Gardens” projects, which serve as a vital community development initiative within the Hongtang Village in Fengqing County, Yunnan Province, China. The research discusses those processes, observing opportunities for knowledge (co)production across diverse stakeholders in line with neo-endogenous rural development thinking. By exploring the co-creation approach employed in these projects, we seek to unravel how academia and local communities collaborate to address multifaceted challenges in rural areas. We argue that: 1) The engagement of rural communities through collaborative planning workshops serves as the fundamental cornerstone for university paired-up assistance; 2) the co-creation model for improving rural settlement necessitates the collective efforts of multiple stakeholders; 3) university faculty and students play pivotal roles during the process of service learning, practice research, and knowledge (co)production with villagers; and 4) Knowledge (co)production entails a dynamic process of co-construction, co-governance, and resource sharing, exemplified by co-creation initiatives of home development, farmyard enhancement, and infrastructure projects. The research offers insights for global universities seeking to engage in similar paired-up assistance initiatives, underscores the significance of co-creation in rural development, and enlightens planning education in practice and service.

关于大学在乡村振兴中的作用的全球讨论已获得极大关注。其主张是利用大学的专业知识和资源支持农村发展，包括知识（共同）生产、社区共创和志愿服务--这种做法本质上是将当地参与者及其知识与外部参与者及其知识连接起来。正如 "联合国人居三 "所倡导的，大学与农村社区的合作是中国 "共创优美环境，共享幸福生活 "提升建筑环境的一项举措。本研究旨在全面调查 "农村四小园 "项目的实施情况和成果，该项目是中国云南省凤庆县红塘村的一项重要社区发展举措。研究讨论了这些过程，并根据新内源性农村发展思想，观察了不同利益相关者之间的知识（共同）生产机会。通过探索这些项目中采用的共同创造方法，我们试图揭示学术界和当地社区如何合作应对农村地区的多方面挑战。我们认为1）通过合作规划研讨会让农村社区参与进来是大学结对援助的基石；2）改善农村居住环境的共创模式需要多方利益相关者的共同努力；3）大学师生在服务学习、实践研究和与村民的知识（共同）生产过程中发挥着关键作用；4）知识（共同）生产需要一个共建、共治和资源共享的动态过程，家庭发展、农田改善和基础设施项目等共创举措就是例证。这项研究为寻求参与类似结对援助活动的全球大学提供了启示，强调了共同创造在农村发展中的重要意义，并为规划教育的实践和服务提供了启迪。

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Characteristics and optimization strategies of multi-subject governance network structure for land consolidation 土地整理多主体治理网络结构的特征与优化策略

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103470

Yongzheng Cui , Wenxiong Wang , Qingyan Wang , Qiufang Li

Land consolidation is an essential means to promote rural revitalization. Diversified governance subjects characterize land consolidation, and these subjects are interdependent in their work tasks and gradually form a multi-subject governance network. Effectively configuring a reasonably structured multi-subject governance network for land consolidation is crucial for improving the governance effect of land consolidation and thus promoting rural revitalization. This study constructs the multi-subject governance network for land consolidation from the perspective of a power-interest-trust relationship. Taking the pilot project of comprehensive land consolidation in Hubei Province, China, as the study case, this study analyzes the structural characteristics of the multi-subject governance network for land consolidation using the social network analysis method. The exponential random graph models are used to systematically identify the driving factors of network relationship formation, based on which targeted network structure optimization strategies are proposed. The results show that the multi-subject governance network for land consolidation is generally in a low-level and unbalanced development stage, that this network has overall looseness, local relevance, and significant small-world characteristics, and that the cohesive subgroups of this network exhibit obvious differences in relevance. In addition, this network has prominent core-periphery structure characteristics, and it is constrained by a few core nodes, such as government organizations and implementation enterprises, with most nodes, such as rural communities, financial institutions, and research institutions, at the edge of the network. Based on the above network structure characteristics and the influencing factors of network relationship formation, this study proposes network structure optimization strategies from overall optimization and node optimization. This study can provide theoretical insights and decision-making references for rationally configuring the multi-subject governance network structure of land consolidation, enhancing the governance effectiveness of land consolidation, and then boosting rural revitalization. Meanwhile, it also provides Chinese experience and reference for other developing countries to establish a multi-subject collaborative governance mode of land consolidation.

土地整理是推动乡村振兴的重要手段。土地整理具有治理主体多元化的特点，这些主体在工作任务中相互依存，逐步形成了多主体治理网络。有效配置结构合理的土地整理多主体治理网络，对于提升土地整理的治理效果，进而推动乡村振兴至关重要。本研究从权力-利益-信任关系的视角构建土地整理的多主体治理网络。本研究以中国湖北省土地综合整理试点项目为研究案例，运用社会网络分析方法分析了土地整理多主体治理网络的结构特征。利用指数随机图模型系统识别了网络关系形成的驱动因素，在此基础上提出了有针对性的网络结构优化策略。结果表明，土地整理多主体治理网络总体上处于低水平、不平衡的发展阶段，该网络具有整体松散性、局部相关性和显著的小世界特征，该网络的内聚子群在相关性上表现出明显的差异。此外，该网络具有突出的核心-边缘结构特征，受政府组织、实施企业等少数核心节点制约，农村社区、金融机构、研究机构等多数节点处于网络边缘。基于上述网络结构特点和网络关系形成的影响因素，本研究从整体优化和节点优化两个方面提出了网络结构优化策略。本研究可为合理配置土地整理多主体治理网络结构，提升土地整理治理成效，进而助力乡村振兴提供理论启示和决策参考。同时，也为其他发展中国家建立土地整理多主体协同治理模式提供了中国经验和借鉴。

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From tourists to essential workers: The multifaceted presence of backpackers in rural Queensland, Australia 从游客到重要工作者：背包客在澳大利亚昆士兰农村的多面存在

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103469

Kaya Barry , Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto , Rafael Azeredo

Although there is notable scholarship on backpackers and their part in tourism cultures, there has been little reflection on their status as long term essential workers in rural areas and what this means for the communities who receive them. We address this gap by investigating the evolution of Australia's Working Holiday Maker program and how it has shaped the presence of backpackers in farming communities. Contemporary backpacking in Australia now involves a culturally and ethnically diverse cohort, which has become essential for farming communities' economic and cultural livelihoods. We argue that the ongoing modifications to the visa program have transformed the presence of backpackers in farming towns, from highly transient tourists to essential workers who may stay for longer periods as temporary migrants, and this has transformed the people and places that host them. Through the lens of mobilities, we outline useful lessons and insights from this example of a backpacker visa, which are relevant for future research and debates around rural livelihoods, labour migration, and farming communities.

虽然关于背包客及其在旅游文化中的作用的研究成果颇丰，但对他们作为农村地区长期基本劳动者的地位以及这对接纳他们的社区意味着什么的思考却很少。我们通过研究澳大利亚打工度假者计划的演变，以及该计划如何塑造了背包客在农业社区的存在，弥补了这一空白。当代澳大利亚的背包客群体在文化和种族上具有多样性，这对农业社区的经济和文化生计至关重要。我们认为，签证计划的不断修改已经改变了背包客在农业城镇的存在，他们从高度短暂的游客变成了可能作为临时移民长期逗留的重要工人，这也改变了接纳他们的人和地方。通过流动性的视角，我们概述了从背包客签证这一实例中获得的有益经验和启示，这些经验和启示对于今后围绕农村生计、劳动力迁移和农业社区开展的研究和讨论具有现实意义。

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Dispossession and beyond: Politics of rural land conversion in China's tourism villages 剥夺与超越：中国旅游村的农村土地转换政治

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103429

Karita Kan , Jie Sun

Across the peripheries of global South cities, projects to convert rural land for development purposes have brought dramatic impact on rural communities and environments. Many of these initiatives involve aggregating land, mobilizing investments, and resettling populations, with direct implications for villagers’ land rights and livelihoods. In existing studies, rural land conversions have often been examined through frameworks of “land grabbing” and “dispossession”. This paper argues for the need to go beyond these frameworks in conceptualizing the varied pathways and outcomes of rural land takings. It presents a comparative case study of two villages in China, whose land has been redeployed for tourism development. In one village, state-led expropriation led to the loss of land rights and the resettlement of villagers in new housing complexes. In another, villagers held onto land ownership and their property but saw intra-community inequalities amplified as residents were differentially incorporated into the tourism economy. By demonstrating how the nuanced mechanisms of land conversion could facilitate variegated livelihood and distributive outcomes between and within communities, this paper problematizes universalist conceptualizations of dispossession and calls for theorizing both “with” and “beyond” dispossession to account for the multifaceted dynamics of land development in global South contexts.

在全球南方城市的周边地区，将农村土地用于发展目的的项目给农村社区和环境带来了巨大影响。其中许多项目涉及土地集约、投资动员和人口安置，对村民的土地权利和生计产生了直接影响。在现有的研究中，农村土地转换通常是通过 "土地掠夺 "和 "剥夺 "的框架来研究的。本文认为，在概念化农村土地征用的各种途径和结果时，有必要超越这些框架。本文对中国的两个村庄进行了比较案例研究，这两个村庄的土地被重新部署用于旅游开发。在一个村庄，国家主导的土地征用导致了土地权利的丧失，村民被安置在新的住宅区。在另一个村庄，村民们保住了土地所有权和自己的财产，但社区内部的不平等却随着居民被不同程度地纳入旅游经济而扩大。通过展示土地转换的微妙机制如何在社区之间和社区内部促进不同的生计和分配结果，本文对剥夺的普遍主义概念提出了质疑，并呼吁对 "与 "和 "超越 "剥夺进行理论化，以解释全球南方背景下土地开发的多方面动态。

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Real estate 4.0 – Experiences from the rural 房地产 4.0 - 来自农村的经验

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103457

Niamh McHugh

This paper explores the concept of Real Estate 4.0 and how this latest phase of technological advancement is being experienced in rural areas through the medium of digital marketing. In particular, it draws upon the experiences of Estate Agents and how through adopting the latest digital marketing technologies, they can specifically target certain audiences as well as influence the perception of the rural through drawing upon popularised notions of this space, such as the rural idyll.

Real Estate 4.0 builds upon the wider industrial developments occurring across the economy, known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, and is characterised by the central role of consumer (Schmitt 2017; Morrar et al. 2017). Taken from a sample of 13 Estate Agencies, which varied in their operational structure and location, this paper examines the latest digital marketing practices being used by estate agents today in the sale of real estate, with reference to three villages in the UK, Great Missenden, Ombersley and Caldbeck. In doing so, it provides much needed research into the different digital marketing practices being used by Estate Agents and contributes towards understandings of how these technologies are being experienced in rural areas.

本文探讨了房地产 4.0 的概念，以及农村地区如何通过数字营销媒介体验这一最新阶段的技术进步。特别是，本文借鉴了地产代理公司的经验，以及他们如何通过采用最新的数字营销技术，专门针对特定受众，并通过借鉴农村田园风光等农村空间的流行概念，影响人们对农村的看法。"房地产 4.0 "建立在整个经济领域正在发生的更广泛的工业发展之上，即所谓的 "第四次工业革命 "或 "工业 4.0"，其特点是消费者的核心作用（Schmitt，2017 年；Morrar 等，2017 年）。本文以英国的三个村庄--大密森登（Great Missenden）、奥姆伯斯利（Ombersley）和考德贝克（Caldbeck）--为样本，研究了当今房地产中介在房地产销售中使用的最新数字营销实践。在此过程中，本文对房产中介所使用的不同数字营销实践进行了亟需的研究，并有助于了解这些技术在农村地区的应用情况。

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What influences the development of wine-producing regions? New economic opportunities in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains in China 是什么影响了葡萄酒产区的发展？中国贺兰山东麓的新经济机遇

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103453

Wang Lei , He Xiaohua , Yu Hu , Li Yajuan

The formation and development of wine regions require unique natural conditions and hundreds of years of technical and cultural accumulation. The development of the wine industry at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in China, in addition to the appropriate geographical environment, the technical migration, and talent flow supported by consistent policies, have improved the allocation ability of resource factors and conversion efficiency, making it a world-renowned new wine-producing region in just 40 years. This particular mechanism deserves attention as new industries develop in other parts of the world. Using the methods of spatial autocorrelation, hot spot analysis, and geographic detector, this paper comprehensively analyzes the growth and spatial evolution characteristics of wineries in the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in China and deeply discusses the mechanism of the interaction between the localization of global floating capital and China's unique regional economic policies. It is found that the local selection of global floating capital has a spatial locking effect on the formation of CHMWR, and the rolling support policies of China's central and local governments promote the rapid expansion and regional spread of the number and scale of wineries, with significant spatial agglomeration and spatial diffusion. The profound mechanism of such changes lies in the dual interaction of the local selection of global liquid capital and the Chinese government's wine-producing policies adapted to the geographical environment. In this process, a series of internal and external factors such as the innovation of grape planting and wine-making technology, consumer market, and government behavior have accelerated the continuous growth of the wine-producing region at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Ningxia. This paper adds a new understanding and deep understanding of the interaction between the local implantation of economic globalization and the macro-control policies of the Chinese government.

葡萄酒产区的形成和发展，需要得天独厚的自然条件和千百年的技术文化积淀。中国贺兰山东麓葡萄酒产业的发展，除了得天独厚的地理环境外，在一贯的政策支持下，技术转移、人才流动，提高了资源要素的配置能力和转换效率，使其在短短的 40 年间成为世界知名的葡萄酒新产区。这一特殊机制值得世界其他地区发展新兴产业时借鉴。本文运用空间自相关、热点分析、地理检测器等方法，全面分析了中国贺兰山东麓葡萄酒庄的成长与空间演化特征，深入探讨了全球流动资本本地化与中国独特区域经济政策的互动机制。研究发现，全球流动资本的本土选择对中国葡萄酒庄的形成具有空间锁定效应，中国中央和地方政府的滚动扶持政策促进了葡萄酒庄数量和规模的快速扩张和区域扩散，具有显著的空间集聚和空间扩散效应。这种变化的深刻机理在于全球流动资本的本土选择与中国政府因地制宜的酿酒政策的双重互动。在这一过程中，葡萄种植与酿造技术创新、消费市场、政府行为等一系列内外因素加速了宁夏贺兰山东麓产区的不断发展。本文对经济全球化在当地的植入与中国政府宏观调控政策之间的互动关系有了新的认识和深刻理解。

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Concerns and barriers surrounding the farm succession process – perception versus reality for beef farmers in Ireland 围绕农场继承过程的担忧和障碍--爱尔兰牛肉农场主的看法与现实

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103456

Michael T. Hayden , Brian Leonard

Generational renewal is widely acknowledged as key to the survival and sustainability of the European agricultural industry. In Ireland and many other European countries an aging farming population, and the lack of succession planning by farmers, are significant concerns regarding the future of the industry. Farm succession is a complex and multifaceted process with the literature highlighting one of its main barriers as a reluctance of older farmers to retire and effectively step-a-side to pass their farm onto the next generation. Such resistance of older farmers is undoubtedly a huge issue in terms of generational renewal of the Irish agricultural industry, however, it is important to understand that there are many sources of concern for farmers that can act as barriers to developing a succession plan. In this context, the objective of this study is to develop a deeper understanding of the concerns and barriers surrounding the farm succession process. Discussions on the topic of farm succession, which took place during semi-structured interviews and consultation meetings with 30 beef farmers in Ireland as part of an intervention programme to support farmers in succession planning, reveal that the source of such concerns appear to stem from two broad areas: successor identification concerns and financial and legal concerns. While acknowledging that such issues cause genuine concern for farmers, we argue that overcoming them may not be as difficult as some farmers may imagine. Hence a distinction between what constitutes real concerns versus what constitutes perceived concerns in the farm succession process emerges. The evidence gathered suggests that where farmers engage the services of professional advisors to discuss farm succession, many of those concerns can be alleviated. Consequently, by reflecting on the findings emerging and by highlighting the case of Irelands Succession Planning Advice Grant as a policy framework solution, we recommend for similar policy development in other countries facing the generational renewal challenge in agriculture. The novel findings emerging from this study provide a valuable contribution to the literature, to practice, and to policy development.

世代更新被广泛认为是欧洲农业产业生存和可持续发展的关键。在爱尔兰和许多其他欧洲国家，农业人口老龄化和农民缺乏继任规划是有关农业未来的重大问题。农场继承是一个复杂和多层面的过程，文献强调其主要障碍之一是老年农民不愿退休，不愿有效地将农场传给下一代。老年农民的这种抵触情绪无疑是爱尔兰农业代际更新的一个巨大问题，然而，重要的是要明白，农民的许多担忧都可能成为制定继承计划的障碍。在这种情况下，本研究的目的是深入了解围绕农场继承过程的担忧和障碍。作为支持农场主制定继承计划的干预计划的一部分，在对爱尔兰 30 名牛肉农场主进行半结构化访谈和咨询会议期间，就农场继承这一主题进行了讨论，讨论结果显示，这些担忧的根源似乎来自两大领域：对继承人身份的担忧以及财务和法律方面的担忧。我们承认这些问题确实会引起农民的担忧，但我们认为，克服这些问题可能并不像一些农民想象的那样困难。因此，在农场继承过程中，需要区分哪些是真正的担忧，哪些是感知到的担忧。收集到的证据表明，如果农民聘请专业顾问来讨论农场继承问题，许多担忧都可以得到缓解。因此，通过对研究结果进行反思，并将爱尔兰的 "继任规划咨询补助金 "作为政策框架解决方案加以强调，我们建议其他面临农业世代更新挑战的国家制定类似的政策。本研究的新发现为文献、实践和政策制定做出了宝贵贡献。

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"Eat up. Save Earth." Alternative proteins and the myth of inevitable sustainability "吃吧。拯救地球"。替代蛋白质和不可避免的可持续发展神话

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103447

Elissa Dickson , Nathan Clay

The emerging agri-food tech sector promises to solve myriad environmental problems. This article considers the sociotechnical imaginaries that animate these claims. We focus on plant-based meat and dairy substitutes, or 'alternative proteins' (APs). To examine how APs are constructed as environmental solutions, we analyzed marketing materials, sustainability reports, and interviews. Our study illustrates how environmental metrics (Life Cycle Assessments) and corporate marketing make environmental issues legible to agri-industrial logics by reducing them to a narrow, technical issue: inefficient livestock. To critique this problem closure, we develop the concept of inevitable sustainability–where the increased adoption of a technology is equated with the assured reduction of environmental harm. We caution that APs support a neoliberal model of environmental governance that propagates apolitical and deterritorialized solutions. To reflect on the limits of agri food tech environmental fixes, we discuss three myths surrounding inevitable sustainability. We outline this concept's applicability to similar instances of environmental solutionism in agri-food tech and beyond.

新兴的农业食品科技行业有望解决无数环境问题。本文探讨了为这些承诺提供动力的社会技术想象。我们将重点放在以植物为基础的肉类和乳制品替代品或 "替代蛋白质"（APs）上。为了研究替代蛋白是如何被构建为环境解决方案的，我们分析了营销材料、可持续发展报告和访谈。我们的研究说明了环境指标（生命周期评估）和企业营销如何将环境问题简化为一个狭隘的技术问题：低效畜牧业，从而使环境问题成为农业产业逻辑的一部分。为了批判这种问题封闭性，我们提出了 "不可避免的可持续性 "这一概念--在这一概念中，技术采用率的提高等同于环境危害的减少。我们警告说，农业政策支持新自由主义的环境治理模式，这种模式宣传非政治化和非领土化的解决方案。为了反思农业食品科技环境解决方案的局限性，我们讨论了围绕不可避免的可持续性的三个神话。我们概述了这一概念对农业食品科技及其他领域类似环境解决方案的适用性。

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Intergovernmental discontent in rural areas: A perspective from local councils in Spain during the Great Recession 农村地区政府间的不满情绪：大衰退期间西班牙地方议会的视角

IF 5.1 1区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Rural Studies

Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103426

Diana Valero

Left-behind places have gained attention during the last years and among those, particular attention has been paid to rural areas, where discontent finds anchor in an articulated narrative of distinctiveness that separates rural and urban, and on which populist parties would have tapped. Thus, rural discontent can be considered a specific expression of disaffection of left-behind places, shaped and characterised by the processes and narratives that are particular to rural areas. Understanding the social justice structure of the discontent is essential to identify the critical elements contributing to a revival of rural-urban cleavages and rethink the development paths in rural areas that feel left behind.

To advance on the qualitative understanding of the configuration of the left-behind places, this contribution explores discontent among rural mayors in a Spanish region -Valencia- during the Great Recession. Building on qualitative evidence and using a social justice approach, the presentation will explore the institutional factors driving rural discontent. The results describe the emergence of rural discontent rooted in perceptions of intergovernmental inequality upon redistribution, recognition and representation issues that are shaped by demographic, political and environmental features of rurality.

在过去几年中，留守地区受到了广泛关注，其中农村地区尤其受到关注，因为农村地区的不满情绪来自于对城乡差别的清晰阐述，而民粹主义政党也会利用这一点。因此，农村的不满情绪可被视为留守地区不满情绪的一种特殊表现形式，是由农村地区特有的过程和叙事所形成和描述的。了解不满情绪的社会正义结构，对于识别导致城乡裂痕重现的关键因素，以及重新思考感觉被抛在后面的农村地区的发展道路至关重要。为了推进对 "被抛在后面的地方 "结构的定性理解，本文探讨了大衰退期间西班牙巴伦西亚地区农村市长的不满情绪。在定性证据的基础上，采用社会公正的方法，该报告将探讨驱动农村不满情绪的制度因素。研究结果描述了农村不满情绪的出现，其根源在于对政府间不平等的看法、再分配、认可和代表权问题，而这些问题是由农村的人口、政治和环境特征所决定的。

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