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Older People and Poverty in Rural Britain: Material Hardships, Cultural Denials and Social Inclusions
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Milbourne, Paul; Doheny, Shane – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
This paper explores the relations between older people, poverty and place in rural Britain. It develops previous work on rural poverty that has pointed both to the significance of older people within the rural poor population and to their denials of poverty. The paper also connects with recent discussions on the complexity of relations between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Social Isolation
The Role of Trust in the Development of Connectivities amongst Rural Elders in England and Wales
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Curry, Nigel; Fisher, Rhiannon – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Using Simmel's notion of sociation, the way in which rural elders in England and Wales relate to, or connect with, each other and others within their community, can be seen to be conflictual as well as consensual. As a vehicle for exploiting this relationship, social capital also can be antithetic as well as convergent and an important element of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Social Capital
From Stress to Distress: Conceptualizing the British Family Farming Patriarchal Way of Life
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Price, Linda; Evans, Nick – Journal of Rural Studies, 2009
"Rural stress" and "farming stress" are terms that have become commonly appropriated by British health-based academic disciplines, the medical profession and social support networks, especially since the agricultural "crises" of B.S.E. and Foot and Mouth disease. Looking beyond the media headlines, it is apparent that…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Biographies, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas
Changing Class Complexions on and in the British Countryside
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Phillips, Martin – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
This paper explores the class complexion of the English and Welsh countryside utilising the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (or NS-SEC), as well as reflecting on the value of this classification given claims as to the "death of class" as a meaningful subject of analysis. The paper situates analysis using the NS-SEC in a…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Classification, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
The Diluted Working Classes of Rural England and Wales
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Hoggart, Keith – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
This paper asks, what are the attributes of the rural working class population in England and Wales? Drawing on the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) Longitudinal Study (LS), household and personal attributes at both the 1991 and 2001 Censuses are examined, with a view to exploring how far the rural working classes can be conceptualised as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Population, Rural Areas, Working Class
The Impact of Church Schools on Village Church Life.
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Francis, Leslie J.; Lankshear, David W. – Educational Studies, 1990
Uses data from a national survey to investigate how the Church of England voluntary schools influenced village church life in 1637 English and Welsh communities with populations ranging from 250 to 1,250 inhabitants. Results indicated that church school influence increased (1) church attendance of six- to nine-year-old children and adults; (2)…
Descriptors: Church Role, Clergy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries