V. Tzouvelekas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Welsh Institute of Rural Studies, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth. K. Giannakas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan. G. Karagiannis is a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Athens, Greece. Senior authorship is shared. Please direct corresponden...

This paper confirms very rapid increase in proportion of elderly, huge numbers of elders, an extraordinarily rapid increase of oldest old, and more serious aging problems in rural than urban areas in China. Comparative data analysis on family dynamics of elderly, males vs. females, younger elders vs. oldest old, rural vs. urban, and 1982 vs. 1990 are presented. Family household projection revea...

This paper uses the phenomenon of very high satisfaction with remote rural health services in Scotland as a trigger for exploring what consumers want and like in health service utilisation - and why. It draws on the business literature in customer services marketing and economic sociology to illuminate why long-term associations between consumers and providers in health care are important and b...

esee 2015, chania, greececonference dates: july 4 – 7, 2017conference theme: transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and educationthe 23rd european seminar on extension (and) education (esee) will be held in the mediterraneanagronomic institute of chania, and hosted by the lab. of agricultural extension, rural systems &rural sociology, dept. of agricultural economics &...