Rural societies around the world are changing in fundamental ways, both at their own initiative and in response to external forces. The Routledge International

49% of the world’s population lives in small towns, villages and farms, yet until recent years criminological scholarship has focused almost exclusively on ur

Rural societies around the world are changing in fundamental ways, both at their own initiative and in response to external forces. The Routledge International

'This is a unique interpretation of rural issues that will become essential reference for students, scholars, politicians, developers and rural activists...' -

This volume represents the result of almost two decades of trans-Atlantic collaborative development of a policy research paradigm, the International Comparative