Rural Ageing and Equality

Burholt, Vanessa; Foscarini-Craggs, Paula; Winter, Bethan

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Rural Ageing and Equality

Vanessa Burholt

, Paula Foscarini-Craggs, Bethan Winter

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Swansea University Author: Vanessa Burholt

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This chapter draws on data from the ESRC funded research programme Grey and Pleasant Land? An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Connectivity of Older People in Rural Civic Society (GaPL). It examines ageing and inequality in rural areas of the United Kingdom and explores the intersectionality of...

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Rural Ageing and Equality

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