Rural communities

This book explores the economic coping practices of rural widows in the aftermath of the Cambodian civil war.

In the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil.

In the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR'I couldn't put it down.

Gay men often face struggles in the conservative world of rural life, due to the pervasive social stigmas associated with homosexuality and the lack of anonymity in a small-town setting.

Gay men often face struggles in the conservative world of rural life, due to the pervasive social stigmas associated with homosexuality and the lack of anonymity in a small-town setting.

Published in 1998, Shivapur: South Ind Vill LLs 71 is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.

Published in 1998, Shivapur: South Ind Vill LLs 71 is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.

This book examines economic and political polarisation in post-Soviet Russia, and in particular analyses the development of rural inequality.

This book examines economic and political polarisation in post-Soviet Russia, and in particular analyses the development of rural inequality.

In recent decades, China has undergone rapid economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation concomitant with deep and extensive structural and social change, profoundly reshaping the country's development landscape and urban-rural relationships.

This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change.

This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change.

This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor.

This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor.

First Published in 1998.

First Published in 1998.

This book of critical rural geography breaks new ground by drawing attention to sex and sexualities outside the metropolis.

This book of critical rural geography breaks new ground by drawing attention to sex and sexualities outside the metropolis.

This is Volume XVII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series.

This is Volume XVII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series.

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

This is volume III of six in a series on the Sociology of East Asia.

Farm women are virtually absent from the leadership positions which structure agricultural organisations and policy and shape the industry.

Farm women are virtually absent from the leadership positions which structure agricultural organisations and policy and shape the industry.

This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version.

This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version.

In the historical literature on Japan, rural people have tended to be regarded as the exploited victims of the industrialisation process.

In the historical literature on Japan, rural people have tended to be regarded as the exploited victims of the industrialisation process.

This collection of international research and collaborative theoretical innovation examines the socio-cultural contexts and negotiations that young people face when growing up in rural settings across the world.

This collection of international research and collaborative theoretical innovation examines the socio-cultural contexts and negotiations that young people face when growing up in rural settings across the world.

Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs.

Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs.

The rural is not what it used to be.

A thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice Now in its second edition, Rural Social Work is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities.

A thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice Now in its second edition, Rural Social Work is a collection of contributed readings from social work scholars, students, and practitioners presenting a framework for resource building based on the strengths, assets, and capacities of people, a tool essential for working with rural communities.

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare.

The question is not whether Shakespeare studies needs feminism, but whether feminism needs Shakespeare.

Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than 60 million rural residents.

Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation's more than 60 million rural residents.

In this prize-winning exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on places, cultures and conflicts that shape identity.

Discover the latest instalment in the addictive, action-packed Martini Club series, hailed as 'The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' (SAGA Magazine)!

Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural life in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural life in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural life in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Drawing on the difficult-to-access pamphlets, reports, periodical literature and political tracts, this five-volume set reproduces in facsimile a large number of neglected sources relating to rural life in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

This book provides solutions to the vexing educational challenges that rural communities face and serves as a how-to guide for building college and career readiness within rural schools.

This book provides solutions to the vexing educational challenges that rural communities face and serves as a how-to guide for building college and career readiness within rural schools.

Originally published in 1963, this book was the first to survey the rural transport problem as a whole, and it includes the results of extensive research in an important but until then neglected field.

Originally published in 1963, this book was the first to survey the rural transport problem as a whole, and it includes the results of extensive research in an important but until then neglected field.