Towards a political economy of capitalist agriculture: a British perspective

Marsden, Terry; Munton, Richard; Whatmore, Sarah; Little, Jo

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.1986.tb00026.x

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“…These areas are therefore also especially prone to changes in agricultural policy. From the 1960s, increased industrialization, professionalization and intensification of agricultural production led to massive restructuring in the sector (Almås, 2004;MacDonald et al, 2000;Marsden, Munton, Whatmore, & Little, 1986;). This development also changed many of Europe's rural landscapes (Roberts & Hall, 2001).…”

Section: Agricultural Industrialization and Land Use Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Landscapes Lost? Tourist Understandings of Changing Norwegian Rural Landscapes

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2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Rural landscapes are the product of consumption for increasing numbers of tourists from urban areas. Many Nordic rural landscapes face a situation called spontaneous reforestation: as mowing and grazing have almost come to an end, scrub and trees thrive. The national tourism industry is concerned, leaning on the assumption that well-managed agricultural landscapes are central to Norway's touristic appeal.This article seeks to investigate how tourists understand and make sense of the landscapes they visit. It presents findings from qualitative interviews with 75 domestic and international tourists, conducted in three different study areas in Norway that are prone to spontaneous reforestation. The tourists were asked to describe the surrounding landscape and to reflect upon the meaning of the landscape and the different landscape elements. Manipulated photos of the past and probable future development were brought into the interview to aid reflection.A main finding is that landscape elements that the tourists perceive as threatened, seem to be preferred over those experienced as plentiful. Another important finding is how the tourists in our study in different ways tend to make sense of the landscapes they visit through their understanding of their known landscapes. Lastly, we find that understandings of landscape change processes are embedded into wider discourses of nature and culture.Key Words: landscape changes, spontaneous reforestation, meaning, rural tourism, Norway . Landscapes Lost? Tourist Understandings of Changing Norwegian Rural Landscapes. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism,, 29-47. doi:10.1080/15022250.2015 IntroductionThe Norwegian fjord landscape topped the charts in National Geographic Travel's annual destination ranking in 2009, strengthening the national tourism industry's belief that fjords, mountains and fields are the country's most unique tourist attractions (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/). A widespread assumption is that well-managed agricultural landscapes are central to the Norwegian tourism product (Randen & Bartnes, 1967;Stang, 2008). These landscapes are now changing. The concern is that further spontaneous reforestation of these landscapes will lead to less attractive tourist landscapes. As yet, little research has been done to investigate this concern (Fyhri, Jacobsen, & Tømmervik, 2009).This article gives an outline of tourists' understanding of and preferences for different landscape elements. A discourse analytical framework is applied to data from interviews with tourists who visited three tourist landscapes prone to spontaneous reforestation. Two research questions are investigated: 1) How do the tourists understand the Norwegian landscape and the change processes that are going on? 2) What discursive elements can be identified in these understandings? Agricultural Industrialization and Land Use ChangesThe landscapes that tourists consume have not been shaped with the tourism experience in mind; rather, this value is a positive externality o...

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Section: Agricultural Industrialization and Land Use Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Landscapes Lost? Tourist Understandings of Changing Norwegian Rural Landscapes

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Flø

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Even the debate in the 1970s surrounding simple commodity production was cast in these terms, as was much of the structuralist political economy literature of the 1980s and 1990s, which again focused primarily on how capital penetrates farming (eg. Marsden et al, 1986) so exerting pressure to intensify and expand in order to survive. Long (1990) provided a thorough critique of these theories.…”

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The Uplands after neoliberalism? – The role of the small farm in rural sustainability

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Rønningen

2011

Journal of Rural Studies

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a b s t r a c tThe modernist project foresaw no role for small farms, but this can no longer be regarded as axiomatic as neoliberalism enters what Peck et al. call its "zombie phase". This paper asks what contribution small farms in the uplands can make to societies' goals, what role they might play in the sustainability of rural communities in such regions, and how this contribution might be supported by state policies. In Scotland and in Norway these questions have recently been the subject of policy debates which appear to offer exceptions or alternatives to neoliberal universalism, and these are considered specifically in this paper. In each case support for small farms is seen as necessary to maintain 'lights in the windows' of remoter rural areas. Moreover, each highlights the vital role of the state in offering not only financial support but also in regulating land transfers and occupancy. It is argued that the dismantling of such regulatory powers depletes the state's ability to manage the tensions between continuity and change which are at the heart of sustainable rural development. The paper concludes that small farms can persist and can contribute to rural sustainability in ways that have been infrequently recognised under neoliberalism.

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“…Concentration in agricultural production, the overproduction of goods, the widening intervention of the state in agriculture, and the penetration of industrial and finance capitals into agriculture and the technological treadmill these create for producers, demand the further development of a political economy approach which relates specifically to capitalist agriculture (Marsden, Munton, Whatmore, & Little, 1986).…”

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Contemporaneity of Spanish Rural Architecture Intervention and Economic Sustainability

Vilà¹,

Vilà²

2017

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From the second half of the 20 th century onwards, Spanish rural architecture has suffered a transformation regarding its farming and ranching model. The economic unsustainability of the family economy has led to further action for the viability of the system. This transformation has meant a new mindset to the owner of the farm and livestock, who had to consider whether continuity was given to the exploitation or the countryside/field was changed and adapted to a new use such as rural tourism, restoration, or for collective uses such as holiday camps, cultural centers or others. Owners who have decided to continue the exploitation they were developing have had to industrialize it and thus extend it in a considerable percentage. That has meant the need to intervene significantly in the rural architectural heritage. A wide and varied range of results has been obtained in these interventions: from the fossilization or destruction of assets, to the achievement of harmony and coexistence between tradition and modernity in this heritage, the result of which represents the contemporaneity of rural architecture.

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Towards a political economy of capitalist agriculture: a British perspective

Cited by 88 publications

References 21 publications

Landscapes Lost? Tourist Understandings of Changing Norwegian Rural Landscapes

Landscapes Lost? Tourist Understandings of Changing Norwegian Rural Landscapes

The Uplands after neoliberalism? – The role of the small farm in rural sustainability

Contemporaneity of Spanish Rural Architecture Intervention and Economic Sustainability

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