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School Food Politics: The Complex Ecology of Hunger and Feeding in Schools around the World. Global Studies in Education, Volume 6
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Robert, Sarah A., Ed.; Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The essays in "School Food Politics" explore the intersections of food and politics on all six of the inhabited continents of the world. Including electoral fights over universally free school meals in Korea, nutritional reforms to school dinners in England and canteens in Australia, teachers' and doctors' work on school feeding in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, School Activities, Lunch Programs, Ecology
Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Service Learning. Service Learning for Civic Engagement Series
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McDonald, Tracy, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
This concluding volume in the series presents the work of faculty who have been moved to make sustainability the focus of their work, and to use service learning as one method of teaching sustainability to their students. The chapters in the opening section of this book-- Environmental Awareness--offer models for opening students to the awareness…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Service Learning, Social Responsibility, Ecology
Rural Poverty in America.
Duncan, Cynthia M., Ed. – 1992
This book consists of 13 essays discussing rural poverty in the United States, including historical and current conditions of rural poverty, underlying the social, economic, and political factors, and policy implications. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1 consists of four essays that provide a comprehensive description of the poverty…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Poverty, Poverty Areas, Public Policy
Agricultural Change: Consequences for Southern Farms and Rural Communities. Westview Special Studies in Agricultural Science and Policy.
Molnar, Joseph J., Ed. – 1986
The 17 articles in this volume are designed to shed light on what farmers are experiencing during the current farm crisis and why. They also examine what current agricultural change means for rural life and rural communities, and what southern farming may be like in the foreseeable future. The articles represent contemporary research and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Community Change, Farm Labor
A Source Book on Adult Education.
Shah, S. Y., Ed. – 1989
Intended for policy planners, administrators, and scholars, this document contains summaries and excerpts of official government of India documents published since 1939 on adult education. The document is in three parts. The first part contains government documents that deal exclusively with adult education. Their subjects include adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Extension Education
Rural Development Strategies.
Sears, David W., Ed.; Reid, J. Norman, Ed. – 1995
This book seeks to provide a basis for reexamining rural development policy by presenting comprehensive and current information on the effectiveness of various rural policy approaches. An introduction that defines development terminology and discusses changing policy needs is followed by 13 chapters that represent the best recent research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Business Education, Change Strategies, Community Development
Forgotten Places: Uneven Development in Rural America. Rural America Series.
Lyson, Thomas A., Ed.; Falk, William W., Ed. – 1993
This book examines predominantly rural regions of the United States that lag behind the rest of the country in income, employment, access to services, and measures of education and health. Case studies of nine regions examine historical background; current economic and social conditions (including demography, educational attainment, and…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Case Studies, Demography, Economic Development
The Changing American Countryside: Rural People and Places. Series: Rural America.
Castle, Emery N., Ed. – 1995
This interdisciplinary collection of 26 readings in rural studies aims to address the paucity of information and absence of informed people to advise public debate about rural issues. Sections of the book examine the pastoral tradition in literature; the changing nature of the countryside; money, jobs, and space; distress and poverty; regional and…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Land Use
Changing Rural Social Systems: Adaptation and Survival.
Johnson, Nan E., Ed.; Wang, Ching-li, Ed. – 1997
This book includes studies of globalization-related social changes in rural areas of the United States and other countries and implications of these studies for sociological theory. Although no chapter focuses exclusively on education, education-related themes include rural school dropouts and intergenerational poverty, the migration of rural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Farmers, Foreign Countries