Charlotte Aull Davies is senior lecturer in sociology and anthropology in the School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales Swansea. Among her previous publications are Welsh Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: The Ethnic Option and the Modern State (1989) and Reflexive Ethnography: A Guide to Researching Selves and Others (1999). Stephanie Jones completed her doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Wales Swansea and is now an associate lecturer at the Open University.

• 1. Conceptualizing Community-Charlotte Aull Davies; Section 1: Localities and Identities; 2. Supporting the team, sustaining the community: gender and rugby in a former mining village-Stephanie Jones; 3. Research on your own doorstep: Welsh rural communities and the perceived effects of in-migration-Emma James; 4. Family and social change in an urban street community-Martin O'Neill; 5. Being here and there in The Field: a look at insider ethnography-De Murphy; Section 2: Social Networks and Belongings; 6. Wool measurement: community and healing in rural Wales-Sue Philpin; 7. Family Farm businesses and the farming community: revisiting farm families in west Wales eighteen years on-John Hutson; 8. Vegetarian biographies in time and space: vegetarians and alternatives in Newport, west Wales-Janice Williams; 9. Constructing Communities away from home: Welsh identities in London-Jeremy Segrott; 10. Conclusions: reflecting on Welsh communities-Charlotte Aull Davies and Stephanie Jones

A fascinating insight into the diversity of lives that are Welsh highly readable glimpses behind curtains of a diverse range of communities ' (Planet - The Welsh Internationalist) ' an interesting and enjoyable read a fascinating glimpse into modern Welsh culture.' (Regional Studies) This volume is a thought-provoking and welcome addition to the long tradition of Welsh community studies.

Charlotte Aull Davies is senior lecturer in sociology and anthropology in the School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales Swansea. Among her previous publications are Welsh Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: The Ethnic Option and the Modern State (1989) and Reflexive Ethnography: A Guide to Researching Selves and Others (1999). Stephanie Jones completed her doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Wales Swansea and is now an associate lecturer at the Open University.

• 1. Conceptualizing Community-Charlotte Aull Davies; Section 1: Localities and Identities; 2. Supporting the team, sustaining the community: gender and rugby in a former mining village-Stephanie Jones; 3. Research on your own doorstep: Welsh rural communities and the perceived effects of in-migration-Emma James; 4. Family and social change in an urban street community-Martin O'Neill; 5. Being here and there in The Field: a look at insider ethnography-De Murphy; Section 2: Social Networks and Belongings; 6. Wool measurement: community and healing in rural Wales-Sue Philpin; 7. Family Farm businesses and the farming community: revisiting farm families in west Wales eighteen years on-John Hutson; 8. Vegetarian biographies in time and space: vegetarians and alternatives in Newport, west Wales-Janice Williams; 9. Constructing Communities away from home: Welsh identities in London-Jeremy Segrott; 10. Conclusions: reflecting on Welsh communities-Charlotte Aull Davies and Stephanie Jones

A fascinating insight into the diversity of lives that are Welsh highly readable glimpses behind curtains of a diverse range of communities ' (Planet - The Welsh Internationalist) ' an interesting and enjoyable read a fascinating glimpse into modern Welsh culture.' (Regional Studies) This volume is a thought-provoking and welcome addition to the long tradition of Welsh community studies.

Charlotte Aull Davies is senior lecturer in sociology and anthropology in the School of Social Sciences and International Development, University of Wales Swansea. Among her previous publications are Welsh Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: The Ethnic Option and the Modern State (1989) and Reflexive Ethnography: A Guide to Researching Selves and Others (1999). Stephanie Jones completed her doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Wales Swansea and is now an associate lecturer at the Open University.

• 1. Conceptualizing Community-Charlotte Aull Davies; Section 1: Localities and Identities; 2. Supporting the team, sustaining the community: gender and rugby in a former mining village-Stephanie Jones; 3. Research on your own doorstep: Welsh rural communities and the perceived effects of in-migration-Emma James; 4. Family and social change in an urban street community-Martin O'Neill; 5. Being here and there in The Field: a look at insider ethnography-De Murphy; Section 2: Social Networks and Belongings; 6. Wool measurement: community and healing in rural Wales-Sue Philpin; 7. Family Farm businesses and the farming community: revisiting farm families in west Wales eighteen years on-John Hutson; 8. Vegetarian biographies in time and space: vegetarians and alternatives in Newport, west Wales-Janice Williams; 9. Constructing Communities away from home: Welsh identities in London-Jeremy Segrott; 10. Conclusions: reflecting on Welsh communities-Charlotte Aull Davies and Stephanie Jones

A fascinating insight into the diversity of lives that are Welsh highly readable glimpses behind curtains of a diverse range of communities ' (Planet - The Welsh Internationalist) ' an interesting and enjoyable read a fascinating glimpse into modern Welsh culture.' (Regional Studies) This volume is a thought-provoking and welcome addition to the long tradition of Welsh community studies.