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Revaluing Coastal Fisheries How Small Boats Navigate New Markets and Technology

This book illustrates and explains the consequences of neoliberal reform on rural economies. Based on an ethnographic case study of coastal fisheries in Iceland, it poses the following questions: How are rural fishers navigating liberal capitalism? And how are new markets, property-rights and digita...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobeson, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Subjects:
Cultural Geography
Economic Geography
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology
Environmental Management
Human Geography
Economic Sociology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book illustrates and explains the consequences of neoliberal reform on rural economies. Based on an ethnographic case study of coastal fisheries in Iceland, it poses the following questions: How are rural fishers navigating liberal capitalism? And how are new markets, property-rights and digital technologies transforming rural economies? By drawing on an extensive body of literature on economic sociology and science and technology studies, the book offers a novel understanding of the role of market-based reform for rural development
Physical Description:XIV, 266 p. 34 illus., 20 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783030050870

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