GG37110 - CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING IN RURAL AREAS

Module Identifier	GG37110
Module Title	CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING IN RURAL AREAS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Bill Edwards
Semester	Semester 1
Course delivery	Lecture	18 hours of teaching (lectures and discussions) taught within a 10 x 2 hour timetable slot.
	Seminars / Tutorials	Students should expect to contribute to the discussion sessions accompanying the lecture programme.
Assessment	Exam	2 Hours Written examination. Four essay questions, complete two within a 2 hour examination.	100%
	Resit assessment	2 Hours Resit will consist of a 2 hour examination of the same format.	100%

Module Outline (Lecture Themes)

Conceptualising countryside change: demographic, economic and social restructuring

SOCIAL EXPERIENCE IN A CHANGING RURAL WORLD

Change in agrarian society: adjustment in farm economies and lifestyles
The consequences of social recomposition: service classes and the rural idyll
Social disadvantage and social exclusion in rural areas
Change in community and lifestyle in the countryside

SHAPING THE FUTURE

Policy and Planning: 1940s-1970s
The interventionist agenda: structured rural development 1970s-1990s
National Policy and Local Engagement: the current planning challenge
Regeneration and Partnerships in Rural Policy
Participatory engagement and multiple voices - community action

Module Aims

This module examines two themes. Firstly, it explores the changing experience of traditional rural residents and assesses the impact of the 'new middle/service class' in rural regions in the developed world. Secondly it addresses how planning and policy strategies have emerged and developed over the last sixty years to accommodate growth and to stimulate regeneration in the countryside.

Module objectives / Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to:-

Describe and critically assess the structural extent and consequence of restructuring in rural areas

Conceptualise and evaluate the social consequences of change for different groups of rural residents

Exemplify and evaluate the planning and policy strategies employed by the state to address changes occurring in the countryside

Show in their examination the depth of their reading, their use of a range of source material and their capacity to interpret, evaluate and critically synthesise such evidence in expressing an argument in written form.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
H. Buller & S. Wright (eds). (1990) Rural Development: Problems and practices. Avebury
A.G. Champion (ed). (1989) Counter-urbanisation. Arnold
P.J. Cloke & J. Little. (1990) The Rural State. Methuen
P.J. Cloke & J. Little (eds.). (1997) Contested Countryside Cultures. Routledge
J.G. Derounian. (1993) Another Country. NVCO Publications
D. Francis & P. Henderson. (1992) Working with Rural Communities. Macmillan
T. Marsden et al. (1993) Restructuring Rural Areas 1: Constructing the countryside. UCL Press
C. Ray. (2001) Culture Economies. CRE Newcastle
D. Francis & P. Henderson. (1992) Working with Rural Communities. Macmillan
T. Marsden, et al.. (1993) Restructuring Rural Areas 1: Constructing the countryside.. UCL Press