Rural Poverty - Marginalisation and Exclusion in Britain and the United States

Informationen zum Autor Paul Milbourne Klappentext This book brings to light important issues which are often ignored - that the social effects of poverty are acute in rural areas. Milbourne examines the effects of poverty on issues such as social exclusion in rural areas. Zusammenfassung This book brings to light important issues which are often ignored - that the social effects of poverty are acute in rural areas. Milbourne examines the effects of poverty on issues such as social exclusion in rural areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Definitional Complexities of Poverty in Britain and America 2. Rural Poverty in Britain: From Agricultural Poverty to Rural Deprivation 3. The Broader Contexts of Rural Poverty: Disadvantage and Social Exclusion in the British Countryside 4. Rural Poverty in America: Statistical Visibilities and Persistant Forms of Poverty 5. Housing Poverty and Homelessness in Rural Britain and America 6. The Local Contexts of Rural Poverty in Britain and America 7. Changing States of Welfare in Britain and America 8. Conclusion: Towards New Research Agendas for Rural Poverty

Product details

• Authors: Paul Milbourne, Milbourne Paul
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2004
• EAN: 9780415205948
• ISBN: 978-0-415-20594-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; USA, Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Poverty & unemployment, Rural communities, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Poverty and precarity