Labour and Locality: Uneven Development and the Rural Labour Process

An in-depth examination of the processes that are moulding rural labour markets around the world. Presents a new integrative approach to labour market analysis, replacing the outdated conventional sectorial approach currently in use. Places particular emphasis on the critical effects of locality or social space on labour processes. Examines the effects of technology, class, social mobility, local culture and development on labour markets. Examples take the form of actual case studies set in Philadelphia, Scandinavia, Spain and the UK.