The new countryside? : : Ethnicity, nation and exclusion in contemporary rural Britain / / ed. by Sarah Neal, Julian Agyeman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Agyeman, Julian,; Askins, Kye,; Bhopal, Kalwant,; Connolly, Paul,; Dhillon, Perminder,; Gardner, Hannah,; Hetherington, Kevin,; Neal, Sarah,; Robinson, Vaughan,; Solomos, John,; Tyler, Katharine,; de Lima, Philomena,
• HerausgeberIn: Agyeman, Julian,; Neal, Sarah,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

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 and research in a range of rural settings - from the experiences of gypsy traveller children in schools to attempts to encourage black and minority ethnic visitors to National Parks and contributes towards establishing the 'rural-ethnicity-nation' relationship as a key consideration on political and policy agendas. The new countryside? is essential reading for students, academics and researchers in a wide range of disciplines including: sociology; geography; social policy; and cultural, rural and environment studies. It will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policy makers across a wide range of sectors and services.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations and tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Notions of nation and national contexts -- ‘It goes without saying (well, sometimes)’ -- Place matters -- ‘Let’s keep our heads down and maybe the problem will go away’ -- Remaking English ruralities -- Ethnicities, exclusions, disruptions -- Village People -- New countryside? New country -- Visions of England -- Issues of rurality and good practice -- Rethinking rural race equality -- Afterword -- Index