SOC 2080 Chapter : SOC 2080 Course Reader 1.docx
6 Mar 2012
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European style of agriculture brought to canada & australia was designed to provide cheap staples to an industrializing britain [primary production had a global focus] Was an attempt to foster national industrial dev. via tariffs, agriculture expansion and export of key staples [grains] Until 70"s, production & distribution occurred under a mantle of protection, subsidization & state regulation. Rural communities were planned [government provides infrastructure for schools, railways, roads etc. ] Commitment to these ideals has been replaced w/narrow focus on free-markets, user pays & self- help as part of a neo-liberalism. Rural areas had ppl in government jobs being let go, leaving towns w/out good level of services and middle class from which leadership could be drawn [this disadvantages the aged and disenfranchised] Farm problem-> economic growth causes net incomes in agriculture to increase less than those in non- agriculture settings.
