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The New Countryside?. Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain.
Sarah Agyema
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Description for The New Countryside?. Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain.
paperback. Focusing on the countryside, this book explores issues of ethnicity, identity and racialised exclusion in rural Britain. It questions what the countryside 'is', problematises who is seen as belonging to rural spaces, and argues for the recognition of a rural multiculture. Editor(s): Agyeman, Julian; Neal, Sarah. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book explores issues of ethnicity, identity and racialised exclusion in rural Britain, in depth and for the first time. It questions what the countryside 'is', problematises who is seen as belonging to rural spaces, and argues for the recognition of a rural multiculture. The book brings together the latest and most extensive research findings to provide an authoritative account of current theory, policy and practice. Using interdisciplinary frameworks and new empirical data, the book provides a critical and comprehensive account of the shifting, contested connections between rurality, national identity and ethnicity; discusses the relationships between ethnicity, exclusion, policy, practice ... Read more
This book explores issues of ethnicity, identity and racialised exclusion in rural Britain, in depth and for the first time. It questions what the countryside 'is', problematises who is seen as belonging to rural spaces, and argues for the recognition of a rural multiculture. The book brings together the latest and most extensive research findings to provide an authoritative account of current theory, policy and practice. Using interdisciplinary frameworks and new empirical data, the book provides a critical and comprehensive account of the shifting, contested connections between rurality, national identity and ethnicity; discusses the relationships between ethnicity, exclusion, policy, practice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861347954
SKU
V9781861347954
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Sarah Agyema
Sarah Neal is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University, UK. Julian Agyeman is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, US.
Reviews for The New Countryside?. Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain.
" ... a thorough, well assembled and absorbing volume ... This is a well-constructed edited collection that makes a valuable contribution to debates surrounding ethnicity and exclusion in rural Britain ... this book provides an excellent analysis of problems in contemporary rural Britain, and will be invaluable reading for anyone with an interest in these issues." Cultural Geographies