Changing class complexions on and in the British countryside

Community strikes back? Belonging and exclusion in rural English villages in networked times

“…More recently, the analysis of class and belonging in rural communities has been given impetus by studies of urban to rural migration, including work on the processes of rural gentrification (Phillips 2007). Early research in this vein by Cloke and Thrift (1987) argued that while the significance of agriculture was declining in rural areas, class remained an important and divisive category manifested through new intra-class factions increasingly expressed through consumption practices.…”

Gender, class and rurality: Australian case studies

“…In contrast he suggests the value of engaging with both perspectives while exploring interrelationships and divergences. In terms of the latter, that of methodological approaches to the study of class and rurality Phillips (2007) and Hoggart (2007) have argued for the usefulness of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Hoggart (2007) reveals the potential of using official data by drawing on British census data to reveal that while rates and gender dimensions of social mobility differ across rural regions in the United Kingdom, there has been a marked increase in the social mobility of the rural working classes, but little gender difference in rates of social mobility.…”

“…Hoggart (2007) reveals the potential of using official data by drawing on British census data to reveal that while rates and gender dimensions of social mobility differ across rural regions in the United Kingdom, there has been a marked increase in the social mobility of the rural working classes, but little gender difference in rates of social mobility. While arguing for the value of quantitative methodologies to study rurality and class, Hoggart (2007) and Phillips (2007) also note the importance of interpretive data as a means of providing insight into the nuances, differentiated character and varied meanings of class, class resistance and class experience. In one of his many significant contributions to scholarship on rurality and class, Phillips (2002) adds weight to this thesis through a discourse analysis of class in British television programs set in a rural community.…”

Rural gentrification in the North Aegean Countryside (Turkey)

“…According to production theory state-led gentrification via planning decisions and housing policies play a significant role in both rural and urban communities. Another common feature is the active role assumed by the private sector in the gentrification process, through the activities of developers, realtors and financiers (Smith, 1979;Phillips, 2004;Phillips, 2005;Phillips, 2007;Phillips, 2009;Ghose, 2004;Darling, 2005;Chaney & Sherwood, 2000;Stockdale, 2010).…”

“…Rural gentrification literature has to a significant extent developed with research that addresses the United Kingdom (Phillips, 1993;Chaney & Sherwood, 2000;Smith D. P., 2002;Phillips, 2004;Phillips, 2007;Stockdale, 2010;Heley, 2010) and United States of America countryside (Ghose, 2004;Friedberger, 1996;Darling, 2005;Walker & Fortmann, 2003;Hines, 2010;Gosnell & Abrams, 2011;Nelson et al, 2010). Researches that discuss gentrification processes in rural areas of other developed countries (Bijker et al, 2012;Guimond & Simard, 2010) and Mediterranean countries (Solana-Solana, 2010) are informative, but are limited in number and point to a significant gap in the literature.…”