Countryside connections : older people, community and place in rural Britain /

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Older people in the countryside are vastly under-researched compared to those living in urban areas. This volume describes the impetus for and principal findings and policy implications of the Grey and Pleasant Land (GaPL) project, a recent major interdisciplinary study of rural ageing in southwest...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hagan Hennessy, Catherine, Means, Robin, Burholt, Vanessa, Walker, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Chicago : Policy Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Older people > Great Britain.
Personnes âgées > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Older people.
Rural conditions.
Great Britain > Rural conditions.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions rurales.
Great Britain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: One. Countryside connections in later life: setting the scene / Vanessa Burholt
  • Two. Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life / Catherine Hagan Hennessy
  • Three. Rural connectivity and older people's leisure participation / Daniel Zahra
  • Four. Connecting with community: the nature of belonging among rural elders / Jacquie Eales
  • Five. Beyond transport: understanding the role of mobilities in connecting rural elders in civic society / Les Todres
  • Six. Deep mapping and rural connectivities / Daniel Buzzo
  • Seven. Older people, low income and place: making connections in rural Britain / Paul Milbourne
  • Eight. Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research / Janet Smithson
  • Nine. Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land? / Catherine Hagan Hennessy.

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