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Political Economy Approaches and a Changing Rural Geography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

Paul Cloke
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As a ‘rural geographer’ it has been fascinating over the past few years to witness and participate in the rather ponderous lurch being made by the subject towards new theoretical approaches. In particular, ideas and concepts within the broader movement of critical social science, and under the umbrella of political economy, are now being widely discussed, but a fundamental and widespread adoption of new ideas has been both slothful and in some cases grudging. This is not to suggest that research in rural geography has remained unchanged through the 1980s. Indeed, a growth in the scale of rural research has been evident, and this research has become more applied and policy-oriented than ever before. Until quite recently, however, rural geography has lacked a vigorous push towards new theoretical ground and towards the analytical comparisons of these theories.

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Research Article
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Rural History , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , April 1990 , pp. 123 - 129
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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