People In The Countryside: Studies of Social Change in Rural Britian [Paperback]

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.People In The Countryside 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.

Two principal topics running throughout this contemporary study are the changes in composition of the rural population, and the types of problems the various groups encounter.

A G Champion and Charles Watkins use case-study material from the countryside and remote areas to illustrate the major themes identified from a broader evaluation of the topics. These themes include :

{ housing and planning control

{ farmwork; and new forms of employment

{ women and the rural labour force

{ the elderly and disabled

{ public transport`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 EconomicsIntroduction - T Champion and C Watkins
Recent Developments in the Social Geography of Rural Britain
People Moving to the Countryside - S Harper
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