Contingency Revealed
New Zealand Farmers' Experiences of Agricultural Restructuring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4446404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Johnsen (0000-0002-3307-6111, Universidad de Londres, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 128-153 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9523.00235 |
| OpenAlex | W2091222745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 31 |
New Zealand farmers were affected in significant ways by agricultural restructuring during the mid 1980s. Government, farmers' union, academic and media discourses all describe the ensuing years as a period of financial hardship for farm families. Based on aggregate statistics, the majority of these discourses reflect and 'naturalise' the government's neo-liberal stance, thus conveying an implicit assumption that farmers' experiences were determined by the economic efficiency of the farm enterprise. Drawing upon case study data and a holistic conceptual approach to the family farm, this paper contests such narratives, arguing that farm-level experiences of agricultural restructuring during (and after) the rural downturn were contingent upon a much greater array of factors. These included: the characteristics of the farm enterprise, household and property; actors' individual attributes; and the local context's biophysical, economic and cultural fabrics. The paper concludes by arguing that a full appreciation of the contingency of farm-level experiences requires an adequate recognition of the nexus of relations between the family farm, individual actor, and local context
Agriculture · Business · Context (archaeology) · Contingency · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Narrative · Nexus (standard) · Restructuring · Sociology · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Engineering · Finance · Organic Food and Agriculture · Rural development and sustainability
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |