| Statuss(Neaktīvs) | Izdruka | Arhīvs(0) | Studiju plāns Vecais plāns | Kursu katalogs | Vēsture |
| Course title | Rural Sociology |
| Course code | Soci3007 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 3 |
| Total Hours in Course | 81 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 16 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 16 |
| Independent study hours | 49 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| The main goal of the course is to introduce rural sociology as a branch of sociology, to give an outline of its main focus: rural areas as specific spatial and social formation. Social aspects of agricultural production. Rural policy. Institutional structure of rural policy. Environmentalism and rural development. Sustainable agriculture. Alternative agriculture (social aspects). | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Buttel,F.H.,O.F.Larson And G.W.Gillespi, The Sociology of Agriculture, New-York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
2. Buttel, F.H., H. Newby (Eds.), The Rural Sociology of the Advanced Societies: Critical Perspectives , Allanheld, Osmun, 1980. 3. Bonanno, A. Small Farms: Persistence With Legitimation, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1984 4. Lampkin, N.H., S.Padel (Eds.) The Economics of Organic Farming. An International Perspective, Cab International, 1994. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Haan, H. de, In the Shadow of the Tree: Kinship, Property and Inheritance among Farm Families, Amsterdam:Het Spinhnis,1994. 2. Whatmore S.,Farming Women.Gender, Work and Family Enterprise, London: Macmillan,1991. | |
| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1. Sociologia Ruralis | |