1st Edition
Rural Poverty Marginalisation and Exclusion in Britain and the United States
By Paul Milbourne
Copyright 2004
224 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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Moving beyond the highly visual forms of poverty characteristic of the city, Rural Poverty explores the nature of poverty in rural spaces in Britain and America. Setting out key features, it highlights the important processes that hide key components of rural poverty. The book seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about the spatialities of poverty and the nature of rural... Read more
1. The Definitional Complexities of Poverty in Britain and America 2. Rural Poverty in Britain: From Agricultural Poverty to Rural Deprivation 3. The Broader Contexts of Rural Poverty: Disadvantage and Social Exclusion in the British Countryside 4. Rural Poverty in America: Statistical Visibilities and Persistant Forms of Poverty 5. Housing Poverty and Homelessness in Rural Britain and America 6. The Local Contexts of Rural Poverty in Britain and America 7. Changing States of Welfare in Britain and America 8. Conclusion: Towards New Research Agendas for Rural Poverty
Biography
Paul Milbourne
