Editorial: Resisting Rural Appropriation: Embracing agroecology to transform globalization

Editorial: Embracing Scrutiny

are accustomed to scrutiny such as experimental protocol reviews, oversight on research conduct, and critiques provided during the peer-review publication process. We especially anticipate the post-publication period during which others attempt to reproduce, validate , and then build on our work. All this scrutiny is basic to establishing the credibility of our findings. We therefore should not...

Same-Sex Couples, Families, and Marriage: Embracing and Resisting Heteronormativity

This article focuses on lesbian and gay couples and families and the politics of same-sex marriage. Drawing from the literature on same-sex couples, same-sex marriage, and queer theory’s concept of heteronormativity, we argue that gay and lesbian couples and families both affirm and challenge heterosexual and gendered family forms. First, we review literature that discusses how same-sex relatio...

Globalization and Rural Development*

The purpose of my remarks this morning is to provide some perspective on how we are thinking about globalization and its consequences for rural development in our Fund for Rural America project. Those remarks are divided into three parts. First, I want to review briefly the general effects of globalization on the location of policy making and implementation. Second, I want to review some of the...

Globalization and rural America;

Globalization has been a great benefit to rural America in that it has opened overseas markets for its agriculture. Yet, there is growing concern that U.S. rural communities will lose not only their share of agricultural trade but also nonfarm jobs to global competition. This article examines how they can remain competitive relative to low-income countries. ESSAYS ON ISSUES THE FEDERAL RESERVE ...

Book Review: Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovations for Development