abstract: 'Rural development has been identified by EU leaders as one of the

  priorities of European structural policies, and as one of the objectives

  of cohesion policy. Yet despite this commitment, we are very poorly

  informed about how ordinary people live across the rural areas of

  Europe, their incomes and quality of life, and their perceptions of

  policies and economic and social change. This paper argues that greater

  attention should be devoted to issues of poverty, disadvantage and

  social exclusion in rural Europe by both policymakers and researchers.

  This is particularly crucial at the present time as rural Europe is

  subject to major structural changes deriving both from changes in rural

  economy and society and from policy initiatives such as the Maastricht

  Treaty and the Single European Act. These are over and above the wider

  trends operating throughout Europe in relation to employment, fiscal

  crisis and ageing, for example. A central requirement is for the

  articulation of policies for tackling economic and social exclusion

  (e.g. Poverty 3, Exclusion 1), on the one hand, with those directed

  towards rural development (e.g. Leader 2), on the other. Fundamental

  household survey work is required to increase our understanding of what

  constitutes rural disadvantage, which client groups are affected, and

  how policies can contribute towards relieving their disadvantage,

  preferably through client-based instruments rather than less appropriate

  area-based approaches. The last part of this paper presents preliminary

  results of such a survey, focusing on issues of employment, housing,

  poverty and quality of life.'
affiliation: SHUCKSMITH, M (Corresponding Author), UNIV ABERDEEN, ST MARYS KINGS COLL,
  DEPT LAND ECON, ABERDEEN AB9 1FX, SCOTLAND.
author: SHUCKSMITH, M and CHAPMAN, P and CLARK, G and BLACK, S
author_list:
- family: SHUCKSMITH
  given: M
- family: CHAPMAN
  given: P
- family: CLARK
  given: G
- family: BLACK
  given: S
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/0743-0167(94)90044-2
files: []
issn: 0743-0167
journal: JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
keywords-plus: DEPRIVATION; ENGLAND; WALES; AREAS
language: English
month: OCT
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '53'
pages: 343-356
papis_id: 1cad3abe0ee67a5348af8bb8b85dc359
ref: Shucksmith1994socialwelfarerural
times-cited: '8'
title: SOCIAL-WELFARE IN RURAL EUROPE
type: article
unique-id: WOS:A1994QU11700004
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Geography; Regional \& Urban Planning
year: '1994'