From stress to distress: Conceptualizing the British family farming patriarchal way of life

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Price, Linda ^a   Evans, Nick ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distress; Family farming; Patriarchy; Rural farming stress; Way of life

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FARMING SYSTEM; PATRIARCHY; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL SOCIETY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56949104463     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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