Rural Social Work Author:Richard Pugh For some, life in the countryside is an ideal, even a dream. But poverty, racism, sexism and restricted services and infrastructure - especially transport - can all contribute to complex patterns of disadvantage and challenging contexts in which to work to make a difference. Dicussing social work in rural areas. this text looks at: the sociologi... more »cal and eocnomic realities; the poolitics; the structures and processes of policy and service development; and the delivery of service.« less