New Book Available Now: Glimpses of Rural England by Malcolm Moseley
Malcolm Moseley, CCRI’s Professor of Rural Community Development, has published a new book which provides glimpses of life in England's villages and small towns at the start of the 21st century.
The book, entitled Glimpses of Rural England, draws upon a mass of expensively gathered survey material and nine research reports produced between 2004 and 2007 are revisited and reappraised. Each was in large measure the work of the CCRI, often working in partnership with other institutions, with funding from government agencies involved in rural development.
Concise chapters cover parish and market town plans, access to services, the drivers of rural change, the benefits of village halls, rural community enterprises, local social capital, parish council effectiveness, local economic development and the economic impact of Rural Community Councils. Collectively they draw on interviews with some 1,500 people spread across dozens of local communities and on the systematic analysis of sheaves of documentary evidence. Click here for preview.
What comes through are a number of insights into social exclusion, social and human capital, service delivery and local governance in a rural context. But the core message is that asset-based community development should lie at the heart of sustainable rural development.
You can order this book now via our Online Store. Price £9.95
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Author: Professor Malcolm Moseley
Professor of Rural Community Development. E-mail: mmoseley@glos.ac.uk Tel: 01242 714130
