224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rural issues have gained national prominence in Britain in recent years. The future of hunting, the Foot and Mouth outbreak, farm income and agricultural reform and housing development have all claimed political and media attention, promoted by a vocal rural lobby and headline-grabbing protests and demonstrations. Combining detailed empirical research and case studies with theoretically informed... Read more
Contents: The strange awakening of rural Britain; The changing balance of local power in the countryside; Contemporary rural elites; National politics and rural representation; The Countryside Alliance and rural protest; Agricultural politics; Developing the countryside: discourses and dissent; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Michael Woods is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
’This book is a very useful addition to Ashgate’s series on Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning...th[e] book is notable for the breadth of issues drawn together and the clarity with which it explores a range of important themes...Although it introduces a range of important theoretical considerations, it does so with a light touch rendering the book highly readable...should prove valuable to anyone with a professional or lay interest in rural issues...highly recommended.’ Local Government Studies ’Woods has supplied a useful addition to the literature...this is a good book and would make a valuable addition to any library. It will have a permanent place in mine.’ Political Studies Review ’...a valuable addition to Ashgate’s series on Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning. Anyone wishing to understand the way in which some of the apparent certainties of British rural life have changed beyond recognition in the last two decades in a maelstrom of political debate and high national public interest can do no better than to start by reading this book.’ Geographical Research
