| Description |
ix, 513 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
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| Note |
"Sponsored by the Rural Sociological Society"--p. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-472) and index. |
| Contents |
PART I: WHO LIVES IN RURAL AMERICA TODAY? -- Unpredictable directions in rural population growth and migration / Kenneth M. Johnson -- African Americans in rural America / Rosalind P. Harris, Dreamal Worthen -- American Indians : their contemporary reality and future trajectory / Angela A. Gonzales -- Latinos in rural America / Rogelio Saenz, Cruz C. Torres -- What do rural families look like today? / Katherine MacTavish, Sonya Salamon -- Older rural families / Nina Glasgow -- Rural children and youth at risk / Daniel T. Lichter ... [et al.] -- Rural women : new roles for the new century? / Ann R. Tickamyer, Debra A. Henderson -- Rural poverty : the persisting challenge / Leif Jensen ... [et al.] -- PART II: A TRANSFORMED RURAL ECONOMY -- How people make a living in rural America / David A. McGranahan -- Who benefits from economic restructuring? Lessons from the past, challenges for the future / William W. Falk, Linda M. Lobao -- Commuting : a good job nearby? / Leanne M. Tigges, Glenn V. Fuguitt -- Continuities and disjunctures in the transformation of the U.S. agro-food system / Frederick H. Buttel -- Tourism and natural amenity development : real opportunities? / Richard S. Krannich, Peggy Petrzelka -- PART III: THE RURAL COMMUNITY: IS IT LOCAL? IS IT A COMMUNITY? -- Community agency and local development / A. E. Luloff, Jeffrey C. Bridger -- Social capital / Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora -- Civil society, civic communities, and rural development / Thomas A. Lyson, Charles M. Tolbert -- Global/local interface / Alessandro Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance -- Competition, cooperation, and local governance / Mildred E. Warner -- Religion / Leland Glenna -- Promoting educational achievement : a partnership of families, schools, and communities / Lionel J. Beaulieu ... [et al.] -- Rural health policy / Lois Wright Morton -- PART IV: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: TOUGH TRADEOFFS IN AN ERA WITH VANISHING BUFFERS -- Transforming rural America : the challenges of land use change in the twenty-first century / Douglas B. Jackson-Smith -- Community and resource extraction in rural America / Lynn England, Ralph B. Brown -- Fur, fins, and feathers : whose home is it anyway? / Steven E. Daniels, Joan M. Brehm -- PART V: CHANGING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES: NEW UNCERTAINTIES AND NEW CHALLENGES -- What role can community play in local economic development? / Gary Paul Green -- Devolution : who is responsible for rural America? / Jeffrey S. Sharp, Domenico M. Parisi -- Welfare reform in rural areas : a voyage through uncharted waters / Julie N. Zimmerman, Thomas A. Hirschl -- Impact of global economic practices on American farming / Philip McMichael -- Catalytic community development : a theory of practice for changing rural society / Kenneth E. Pigg, Ted K. Bradshaw. |
| Subject |
United States -- Rural conditions.
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Sociology, Rural.
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Rural development.
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| Added Author |
Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945-
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Swanson, Louis E.
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Barton, Alan W.
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Rural Sociological Society.
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| ISBN |
0271022426 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0271022418 (alk. paper) |
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