Rural Politics

<p>The rural areas of Britain Europe and the developed world are undergoing massive changes with increasing concern about productivity agricultural methods and environmental policy. <em>Rural Politics</em> examines the issues affecting rural areas such as water pollution forestry and the greening of agricultural policy. It looks in particular at the political parameters to these issues and how concern for the countryside is essentially a part of a wider set of political processes. <em>Rural Politics</em> provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside both in terms of major land uses and economic and social development.</p>