Rural poverty : marginalisation and exclusion in Britain and the United States / / Paul Milbourne

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783990303321
• Autore: Milbourne Paul <1966, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-62555-3; 1-134-62556-1; 0-203-59845-8; 1-280-04856-5; 0-203-49913-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 7
• Classificazione: 74.06; 71.15
• Disciplina: 339.4/0941/091734
• Soggetti: Rural poor - Great Britain; Rural poor - United States; United States Rural conditions; Great Britain Rural conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-192) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface: an introduction to rural poverty -- The definitional complexities of poverty in Britain and the United States -- Rural poverty in Britain: from agricultural poverty to rural deprivation -- The broader contexts of rural poverty: disadvantage and social exclusion in the British countryside -- Rural poverty in the United States: statistical visibilities and persistent forms of poverty -- Housing poverty and homelessness in rural Britain and the United States -- The local contexts of rural poverty in Britain and the United States -- Shifting states of rural welfare in Britain and the United States -- Conclusion: towards new research agendas for rural poverty.
• Sommario/riassunto: Moving beyond the highly visual forms of poverty characteristic of the city, Rural Poverty explores the nature of poverty in rural spaces in Britain and America. Setting out key features, it highlights the important processes that hide key components of rural poverty. The book seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about the spatialities of ; poverty and the nature of rural spaces in Britain and America.Drawing on a broad range of new research material, the book challenges dominant assumptions. It provides a comprehensive and critical review of the nature of poverty in rural