Contesting Rurality: Politics in the British Countryside

ISBN-13: 9781138277519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Michael Woods

Opis

This book provides an overview of the contemporary politics of the British countryside. It argues that we are witnessing not so much a rural politics, but a 'politics of the rural' in which the definition and representation of rurality itself has become the key focus of conflict.

Recenzje

’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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Michael Woods is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.