دانلود کتاب Rural Poverty Today: Experiences of Social Exclusion in Rural Britain

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Front Cover\nRural Poverty Today: Experiences of Social Exclusion in Rural Britain\nCopyright information\nTable of Contents\nList of figures and tables\nGlossary\nAbout the authors\nAcknowledgements\nForeword\n1 Introduction\n Poverty in Britain: recent trends\n The changing policy context\n Methodology\n Structure of the book\n2 Poverty and social exclusion in rural Britain: a review\n The extent of poverty and financial hardship in rural areas\n What are the contributory factors for poverty and financial hardship in rural areas?\n Why are poverty and financial hardship often hidden and under-reported in rural areas?\n Conceptual framework for this study\n Conclusion\n3 East Perthshire: an accessible rural area in Scotland\n Income from employment\n Support from the state\n Complexity, poor communication and digitalisation\n Volatility and irregularity of incomes in rural areas\n Delays, including appeals procedures\n Claiming entitlements\n Universal Credit roll-out and legacy transitions\n Physical and mental illness and disability assessments\n Treatment of European Union citizens\n Benefits advice and support\n Institutional unkindness?\n Social care in rural Perthshire\n Support from voluntary and community organisations\n Motivations and challenges\n Help and support\n Support from friends and family\n Housing, cost of living and access to services\n Housing\n Cost of living, access to services and digital exclusion\n Place\n Conclusion\n4 Harris: an island area of Scotland\n Income from employment\n Support from the state\n Support from voluntary and community organisations\n Support from friends and family\n Housing, cost of living and access to services\n Place\n Conclusion\n5 The North Tyne valley, Northumberland: a remote area of England\n Income from employment\n Support from the state\n Support from voluntary and community organisations\n Support from friends and family\n Cost of living and access to services\n Narratives of place and belonging\n Conclusion\n6 Rural poverty in a pandemic: experiences of COVID-19\n Lived experiences in Perthshire, Harris and Northumberland\n Responses in a crisis\n Looking forwards\n Conclusion\n7 Changing sources of support: precarity, conditionality and social solidarity\n Precariatisation and the evolution of rural economies\n Conditionality and state support\n Local support and social solidarity\n Individual coping strategies and agency\n Intersectionality: are sources of support cumulative or complementary?\n The role of place and rurality\n8 Conclusions and policy implications\n Main themes emerging and original contributions\n What policy interventions have previous studies proposed?\n The potential to combine place-based and person-based policy approaches\n Immediate policy challenges and opportunities\n Challenge 1: Many rural residents are at risk of poverty, not a small minority\n Challenge 2: There is an imminent rural cost of living crisis\n Challenge 3: The welfare system is not well adapted to rural lives\n Challenge 4: Much rural work is not ‘good work’: in particular, incomes tend to be volatile and irregular\n Challenge 5: There are barriers to entering self-employment and developing rural small businesses\n Challenge 6: It is challenging for organisations to ‘reach’ into rural areas\n Challenge 7: It remains difficult to access suitable/affordable housing in rural Britain\n Challenge 8: Framing narratives of place and change are important to the wellbeing of rural communities\n Challenge 9: There is an imminent crisis in rural social care delivery\n Closing reflections on power and governance\nNotes\nReferences\nIndex