Bøger af Jan Douwe van der Ploeg

Many impressive studies on the changing nature of the global food system have been published, and nearly all address changes at the macro level. The far less visible changes occurring at the micro level have received relatively little attention, especially in the realm of critical rural studies. This book is a reflection of the far reaching and complex transformations of food systems that have occurred as a result of liberalization and globalization.

Revised edition of the author's The new peasantries, 2008.

This text analyzes the problem of homeless young people in Europe and North America, to establish its scope and prevalence. It accounts for psychological characteristics and risk factors in the family, at school and in society, to provide methods to help deal with all aspects of the phenomenon.