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Debate about rural policy is often based on persistent presumptions about conditions in 'rural England', generally associated with economic decline, low incomes and a lack of services. Such generalizations are rarely justified for rural areas as a whole and are termed as 'stylised fallacies'. The evidence on a number of such fallacies like the economic impact of agriculture, depopulation, low incomes, rural labour markets, house prices and service provision is reviewed.
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The current and future role of market towns in servicing their hinterlands is explored by using the case of the hinterland of Alnwick, a market town in the North East of England. The results suggest a mutual dependence between market town services and hinterland residents and that the continuation of this relationship depends on market towns taking advantage of demographic trends in rural areas.
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Existing institutional structures for rural policy making and how further administrative decentralization or political devolution might enhance them is explored with the help of a case study. Observations reveal a complex set of fragmented structures and blurred accountabilities in which policy implementation is an outstanding concern.
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