TY - JOUR
T1 - The Greying Periphery-Ageing and Community Development in Rural Romania and Bulgaria
AU - Kulcsár, László J.
AU - Brǎdǎţan, Cristina
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project was supported by the Kansas Population Center and the Echo Survey Institute in Hungary. We acknowledge the help of Anca and Catalin Clipa in Romania, Daniel Pavlov in Bulgaria, and Rachel Melton and Adrian Popan at Texas Tech University.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case studies reveal the links between demographic processes and community development. This paper contributes to the country-specific analysis of the ageing European periphery in the context of social cohesion as a fundamental European goal.
AB - The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case studies reveal the links between demographic processes and community development. This paper contributes to the country-specific analysis of the ageing European periphery in the context of social cohesion as a fundamental European goal.
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U2 - 10.1080/09668136.2014.886861
DO - 10.1080/09668136.2014.886861
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902540039
SN - 0966-8136
VL - 66
SP - 794
EP - 810
JO - Europe - Asia Studies
JF - Europe - Asia Studies
IS - 5
ER -