This paper offers a critical review of the international literature on gender, disaster and rural
masculinities. Empirical reference is made to bushfires in Australia, offering new evidence …

Around the globe, unfettered industrialisation has marched forth in unison with massive
social inequities. Making matters worse, anthropogenic pressures on Earth's living systems …

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive
theorisation of the concept of the'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of …

Beginning as early as 2009, recent shifts in Canadian health care delivery indicate that
access to health information is essential to promote and maintain a healthy population. It is …

“This is not only the best environmental sociology text I've used, but it is the best text of any
type I've used in college-level teaching.”–Dr. Cliff Brown, University of New Hampshire Join …

Pendant soixante ans, les sociologues ont observé le déclin des paysans et annoncé
parfois leur disparition. De leur côté, les démographes constatent aujourd'hui que les …

The gender paradox in mortality—where men die earlier than women despite having more
socioeconomic resources—may be partly explained by men's lower levels of preventive …

An avalanche of recent newspapers, weekly newsmagazines, scholarly journals, and
academic books has helped to spark a heated debate by publishing warnings of a “boy …

The study of gender in rural spaces is still in its infancy. Thus far, there has been little
exploration of the constitution of the varied and differing ways that gender is constituted in …

Drawing on interviews in Switzerland and New Zealand, we explore the concept of
autonomy as part of a farming self. The farming self encompasses the dialectical relationship …