Abstract
This paper discusses the ways in which economic, social and political forces for change operate in rural areas to produce social exclusion for some people and social groups. After a brief review of these forces for change, as they operate across Europe, the paper turns to consider the meaning of the term ”social exclusion” and how the experiences of individuals and social groups might be related to such forces. Following this, the paper draws on a number of recent empirical studies to illustrate how social exclusion operates in rural areas of Britain. The paper draws attention to the effects on sustainable livelihoods of the ascendancy of market processes, and the waning of state systems, as a result of the neo-liberal hegemony which has hastened deregulation, privatisation, reductions in public expenditure and global capital’s penetration of labour and product markets.
Highlights
International capital may seek to exploit those rural areas characterised by low wages, a compliant, nonunionised workforce, and lower levels of regulation, leading to increased dependency and peripherality
12 Housing markets are crucial in understanding the social changes taking place in rural Britain and in parts of Ireland, but their operation is less well researched in the rest of rural Europe
The results suggest that migration from rural areas does not increase the probability of escaping from low income, and may increase the chances that an individual moves back onto a low income, at least temporarily
Summary
ISSN: 2294-9135 Publisher: National Committee of Geography of Belgium, Société Royale Belge de Géographie Printed version Date of publication: 30 September 2001 Number of pages: 165-184 ISSN: 1377-2368. Electronic reference Mark Shucksmith, « Social Exclusion and Poverty in Rural Areas of Britain », Belgeo [Online], 3 | 2001, Online since 15 December 2001, connection on 19 April 2019. This text was automatically generated on 19 April 2019. Belgeo est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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