RURAL WALES

Community and Marginalization
Paul Cloke, Mark Goodwin and Paul Milbourne

This comprehensive view of post-war Welsh rural life looks at social and cultural issues, housing and social change, employment, incomes and poverty, transport, community and environment.

The book is based on a major research project commissioned by the Welsh Office. The Welsh Office under Redwood and Hague preferred, however, not to publish the findings. The analyses and interpretation of this research have produced a lively, accessible and possibly controversial picture of contemporary life in the Welsh countryside.

‘ . . . a neat book that brings together key ideas in the rural-lifestyles project . . . a useful insight on a range of ‘rural issues’ . . . It is an interesting read and is useful as an introduction to undergraduates studying rural issues.’ (Environment and Planning A)

‘ . . . an interesting review of the lifestyles and problems associated with life in contemporary rural Wales, along with the substantial variations that characterize particular locations.’ (Progress in Human Geography)

• Paul Cloke is Professor of Geography at University of Bristol
• Mark Goodwin is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• Paul Milbourne is Senior Research Fellow in the Countryside and Community Research Unit at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.