The Greying Periphery—Ageing and Community Development in Rural Romania and Bulgaria

László J. Kulcsár and Cristina Brădăţan

Europe-Asia Studies, 2014, vol. 66, issue 5, 794-810

Abstract: The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case studies reveal the links between demographic processes and community development. This paper contributes to the country-specific analysis of the ageing European periphery in the context of social cohesion as a fundamental European goal.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2014.886861

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