Nothing Happens Here…Living Conditions in Rural Peripheries

The book focuses on spatialised forms of social inequalities. In particular, it explores the various forms of disadvantage associated with living in rural peripheries. Rural peripheries are relatively sparsely populated places, with poor transport connections to large cities, which don’t profit from the population growth typical of the suburban and peri-urban countryside. At the same time, rural peripheries are affected by a range of social problems. The individual chapters of this book try from different perspectives to find answers to the question whether people living in rural peripheries face specific challenges and whether the environment in which they live acts as a catalyst for various forms of deprivation and is a barrier to taking advantage of the same opportunities others have.