Countryside Connections: Older People, Community and Place in Rural Britain

Alan Walker

doi:10.46692/9781447310310

The first project-based book in The New Dynamics of Ageing series offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on older people’s role as assets in rural civic society. The authors examine the ways in which rural elders are connected to community, the contributions they make and the groups to which they belong.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii
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Contents
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List of tables and figures
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on contributors
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Foreword
pp xv-xvi
- By Alan Walker
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one - Countryside connections in later life: setting the scene
pp 1-30
- By Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Robin Means, Vanessa Burholt
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two - Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life
pp 31-62
- By Nigel Curry, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy
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three - Rural connectivity and older people’s leisure participation
pp 63-94
- By Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Yvette Staelens, Gloria Lankshear, Andrew Phippen, Avril Silk, Daniel Zahra
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four - Connecting with community: the nature of belonging among rural elders
pp 95-124
- By Vanessa Burholt, Nigel Curry, Norah Keating, Jacquie Eales
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five - Beyond transport: understanding the role of mobilities in connecting rural elders in civic society
pp 125-158
- By Graham Parkhurst, Kathleen Galvin, Charles Musselwhite, Judith Phillips, Ian Shergold, Les Todres
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six - Deep mapping and rural connectivities
pp 159-192
- By Jane Bailey, Iain Biggs, Daniel Buzzo
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seven - Older people, low income and place: making connections in rural Britain
pp 193-220
- By Shane Doheny, Paul Milbourne
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eight - Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research
pp 221-244
- By Simon Evans, Ray Jones, Janet Smithson
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nine - Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land?
pp 245-276
- By Robin Means, Vanessa Burholt, Catherine Hagan Hennessy
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Index
pp 277-283
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Older People, Community and Place in Rural Britain

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Notes on contributors
pp ix-xiv

Foreword
pp xv-xvi

one - Countryside connections in later life: setting the scene
pp 1-30

two - Conceptualising rural connectivities in later life
pp 31-62

three - Rural connectivity and older people’s leisure participation
pp 63-94

four - Connecting with community: the nature of belonging among rural elders
pp 95-124

five - Beyond transport: understanding the role of mobilities in connecting rural elders in civic society
pp 125-158

six - Deep mapping and rural connectivities
pp 159-192

seven - Older people, low income and place: making connections in rural Britain
pp 193-220

eight - Connecting with older people as project stakeholders: lessons for public participation and engagement in rural research
pp 221-244

nine - Towards connectivity in a Grey and Pleasant Land?
pp 245-276

Index
pp 277-283

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