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1. Interpreting Rurality

   Multidisciplinary Approaches

   Edited by Peter Somerville, Gary Bosworth

   The British countryside is a national institution; most people aspire to live there, many people use it for leisure and recreation and we can all watch rural life played out on our television screen, read about it in novels or consume its imagery in art and cinematography. The aim of this book is...

   To Be Published October 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Housing and Social Policy

   Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Peter Somerville, Nigel Sprigings

   Series: Housing and Society Series

   This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the...

   Published June 1st 2005 by Routledge
3. Social Relations and Social Exclusion

   Rethinking Political Economy

   By Peter Somerville

   Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

   Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. It explores how far we make sense of society on the assumption that people act as independent and free individuals, exercising rational choice. Re-examining the family, community, workplace and...

   Published November 29th 2000 by Routledge