Rural Livelihoods, Regional Economies, and Processes of Change

Deborah Sick is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research interests include smallholder producers, commodity markets, food systems, resource management, and socio-economic change in Latin America, principally in Costa Rica and northern Mexico.

1. Introduction: Rural livelihoods and processes of change Deborah Sick 2. ‘We Will Not Farm Like Our Fathers Did’: Multilocational livelihoods, cellphones, and the continuing challenge of rural development in western Kenya Joshua Ramisch 3. The New Face of the Countryside: Agriculture and generational livelihood strategies in rural Costa Rica Deborah R Sick 4. On the Ends of the Diversification Spectrum: Macro-level factors and Maasai livelihood pathways in contemporary Kenya Caroline Archamault, Scott Matter, and John G. Galaty 5. A Place That Found Its Brand: Kyoto’s agricultural economy in the twenty-first century Greg De St. Maurice 6. Balancing Conservation and Over-Exploitation: Rural economies, protected areas and sea cucumber fisheries in Yucatán, Mexico Sabrina Doyon and Catherine Sabinot 7. Livelihood Strategies, Ecotourism and Changing Environmental Values in a Costa Rican Village Josephine Howitt 8. Ethicizing Rural Livelihoods in a Market-Oriented Society: Lessons from a quilombola community in Sao Paulo, Brazil Rodrigo Penna-Firme Pedrosa 9. Bypassing the National, Engaging the Global: (Re)negotiating terms of global belonging in the Balinese handicrafts industry Jennifer S Esperanza 10. Networks, Collaboration, and Embeddedness: How small rural businesses mobilize social resources in local and global markets, a Canadian case Nathan Young