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People In The Countryside
Studies of Social Change in Rural Britian
Edited by:
- A G Champion - University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Charles Watkins - University of Nottingham, UK
April 1991 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book outlines the changes occurring in Britain's rural areas and their impact on people's lives. It challenges the image of the 'rural idyll' which many of the nation's city dwellers hold.
A key feature of the book is the use of local case-study material to illustrate the major themes identified from a broader evaluation of the topics. This approach gives readers a better feel for the nature and implications of social change in the countryside than can be obtained from standard texts on rural geography.
T Champion and C Watkins
Introduction
S Harper
People Moving to the Countryside
P Cloke, M Phillips and D Rankin
Middle Class Housing Choice
M Shucksmith
Still no Homes for Locals?
G Clark
People Working in Farming
A Townsend
New Forms of Employment in Rural Areas
J Little
Women in the Rural Labour Market
R Gant and J Smith
The Elderly and Disabled in Rural Areas
P Bell and P Cloke
Public Transport in the Countryside
A McCleery
Population and Social Conditions in Remote Areas
I Bowler and G Lewis
Community Involvement in Rural Development
N Walford and A Hockey
Sources for the Study of Social Change in the Countryside
`Recommended for bringing together a number of highly professional contributions on contemporary rural problems and for combing them successfully into a well-balanced and authoritative whole' - Journal of Agricultural Economics