New Labour's countryside / Michael Woods -- Rethinking rural policy under New Labour / Neil Ward -- Rural governance, devolution and policy delivery / Mark Goodwin -- New Labour's countryside in international perspective / Mark Shucksmith -- The foot and mouth crisis / Michael Winter -- Hunting: New Labour success or New Labour failure? / Michael Woods -- Planning and development in the countryside / Nick Gallent -- Countryside access and the 'right to roam' under New Labour: nothing to CRoW about? / Gavin Parker -- Agricultural policy / Alan Greer -- Rural community development and governance / Graham Gardner -- New Labour, poverty and welfare in rural England / Paul Milbourne -- Policing policy and policy policing: directions in rural policing under New Labour / Richard Yarwood -- Twenty-first century employment and training in the countryside? The rural 'New Deal' experience / Suzie Watkin, Martin Jones -- National Parks and the governance of the rural environment / Nicola Thompson -- Beyond New Labour's countryside / Michael Woods
Summary
A timely and critical review and analysis of the development and implementation of New Labour's rural policies since 1997
