Regulation Theory and Rural Research: Theorising Contemporary Rural Change

M Goodwin, P Cloke and P Milbourne
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M Goodwin: Department of Geography, Institute of Earth Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Llandinam Building, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DB, Wales
P Cloke: Department of Geography, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, England
P Milbourne: Countryside and Community Research Unit, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, England

Environment and Planning A, 1995, vol. 27, issue 8, 1245-1260

Abstract: In this paper we have tried to develop a theoretical and conceptual framework for analysing contemporary rural change. Initial results from a recent research project on changing lifestyles in rural Wales are used to investigate the potential contribution of regulation theory in rural research. The paper consists of four main sections. In the first and second sections, the main theoretical characteristics presented by a regulationist analysis of contemporary capitalist change are discussed in detail, stressing that regulation is a continuous but highly variable process. In the third section, some key findings from recent work on rural Wales—which highlights the cultural, social, and economic elements of change–are presented. In the fourth and concluding section we discuss the potential contribution which regulation theory might make to rural research, but in addition outline the ways in which an analysis of contemporary rural change might contribute to the continuing development of regulation theory. In particular, attention is drawn to several key issues which a regulationist account of rural change will have to consider.

Date: 1995
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