Constructuring The Countryside - An Approach To Rural Development (Paperback)

As the first book in the Restructuring Rural Areas series, "Constructing the countryside" presents a new methodological approach to the analysis of rural change. The authors seek to link wider developments in the global political economy to the behaviour of local actors and, in so doing, they place research into rural studies much more firmly than hitherto in the mainstream of social science enquiry. The outcome is a book that promotes a truly interdisciplinary approach through which the constant "reconstruction" of the countryside can be properly understood. This holistic perspective, sustained by an historical analysis of rural change, has been made possible by the extensive research experience of the authors. The book is a product of the work done at the London Countryside Research Centre, which was set up in 1989 by the Economic and Social Research Council. The Centre's research has focused upon the social and political forces for change in rural areas and how these relate to rapid alterations in national economic circumstances and to public policies affecting the countryside (for example, the Common Agricultural Policy of the EC ). On the one hand, the book provides a set of i

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Terry Marsden • Jonathon Murdoch • Philip Lowe • Richard C. Munton • Andrew Flynn
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-85728-040-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Promotions
LSN:	1-85728-040-7
Barcode:	9781857280401

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