{"product_id":"challenging-welfare-issues-in-the-global-countryside-paperback-softback-9781405162418","title":"Challenging Welfare Issues in the Global Countryside (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405162418","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChallenging Welfare Issues in the Global Countryside\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Giacinto Giarchi (Edited by), Giarchi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405162418, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 March 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm, 0.275 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e?This is an interesting -collection with some chapters providing broad overviews of rural welfare and others detailing the specifics in particular places.? (\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Social Welfare\u003c\/i\u003e , July 2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book focuses attention upon rural social policy and welfare issues within selected areas in the US, Australia, continental Europe and Britain as well as in countrysides within less industrialised India and Mexico. This edited collection adds to the new genre of geopolitical and socio-economic rural transnational studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the multi-dimensional factors affecting rural space, socio-political urban-rural power relations, conflicting urban-rural tensions and opposed values\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdds to the existing studies of contemporary urban-rural dialogue, in respect of social policy and rural welfare in a changing global countryside\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Editorial Introduction: George Giacinto Giarchi. \u003cp\u003e2. Redefining the 'Rural Question': The New 'Politics of the Rural' and Social Policy: Michael Woods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Rural Movements in Europe: Scandinavia and the Accession States: Vanessa Halhead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Market-based Governance and the Challenge for Rural Governments: US Trends: Mildred E. Warner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Between Decentralized Planning and Neo-liberalism: Challenges for the Survival of the Indigenous People of Kerala, India: Darley Jose Kjosavik, Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Child Health in Rural Mexico: Has Progresa Reduced Children's Morbidity Risks?: Maria C. Huerta.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Rurality and Social Inclusion: A Case of Preschool Education: Mark Shucksmith, Janet Shucksmith, Joyce Watt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Jobs in the Bush: Global Industries and Inclusive Rural Development: Robyn Eversole, John Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Older People 'on the Edge' in the Countrysides of Europe: George Giacinto Giarchi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Spinning the Rural Agenda: The Countryside Alliance, Fox Hunting and Social Policy: Alison Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20services%20\u0026amp;%20welfare,%20criminology%20%5BJK%5D%22\"\u003eJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437782987032,"sku":"9781405162418","price":20.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405162418.jpg?v=1784939998","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/challenging-welfare-issues-in-the-global-countryside-paperback-softback-9781405162418","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}