Add to ORKGFrom fox-hunting to farming, the vigour with which rural activities and living are defended overturns received notions of a sleepy and complacent countryside. Alongside these developments, the rise of the organic food movement has helped to revitalize an already politicized rural population. Over the years 'rural life' has been defined, redefined and eventually fallen out of fashion as a sociological concept - in contrast to urban studies, which has flourished. This much-needed reappraisal calls for its reinterpretation in light of the profound changes affecting the countryside. First providing an overview of rural sociology, Hillyard goes on to offer contemporary case studies that clearly demonstrate the need for a reinvigorated rural soci...
This chapter presents a brief history of American Rural Sociology. It discusses the key early figure...
Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and polic...
The last thirty years have seen both a radical shift in the countryside’s place in western societies...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigour with which rural activities and living are defended overturn...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigour with which rural activities and living are defended overturn...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns...
[Extract] There are many ways in which it is possible to define the rural, but in many respects it i...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
The discipline of sociology developed largely in response to social transformations associated with ...
The British countryside is a national institution; most people aspire to live there, many people use...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
In this ethnographic study of the rural idyll, Broadlands explores rurality and the pace of rural li...
This chapter presents a brief history of American Rural Sociology. It discusses the key early figure...
This chapter presents a brief history of American Rural Sociology. It discusses the key early figure...
Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and polic...
The last thirty years have seen both a radical shift in the countryside’s place in western societies...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigour with which rural activities and living are defended overturn...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigour with which rural activities and living are defended overturn...
From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns...
[Extract] There are many ways in which it is possible to define the rural, but in many respects it i...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
The discipline of sociology developed largely in response to social transformations associated with ...
The British countryside is a national institution; most people aspire to live there, many people use...
The Handbook represents the vitality and theoretical innovation at work in rural studies. It shows h...
In this ethnographic study of the rural idyll, Broadlands explores rurality and the pace of rural li...
This chapter presents a brief history of American Rural Sociology. It discusses the key early figure...
This chapter presents a brief history of American Rural Sociology. It discusses the key early figure...
Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and polic...
The last thirty years have seen both a radical shift in the countryside’s place in western societies...