ABSTRACT
While tying the text together by reviewing the salient points raised or implied in the preceding chapters, this conclusion aims to look at the relevance of citizenship in the ‘post-rural’ and the ‘post-national’ contexts detailed previously. In Chapter 2, citizenship as a concept is examined in some detail, and the recent use of citizenship by UK governments is discussed in Chapter 3. The historical commentary provided links the first parts of the text, giving a contextual base from which to develop and explore contemporary examples in the later chapters. Here, the increasingly commodified rural and the complex, interconnected network of relations that impact on the rural are discussed in relation to the theory and examples introduced. The methods or current ways of encouraging and engaging citizens are discussed in relation to a widened view of the constitution of citizenship.
