Country Life and Current Rural Scholarship: What’s Wrong with Rural Studies?
摘要
The chapter provides a theoretical framework for the book as a whole. Focusing upon the last two decades, the chapter expressly looks at recent theoretical developments in rural studies. Particular attention is paid to the recent analyses and commentaries of Woods, Phillips and Halfacree. Social constructivism emerges as a consistent and emerging strand, although the current discipline is both cross-disciplinary and multi-paradigm.