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Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
| Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 307.720973 |
| Collana | Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-271-03143-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480363303321 |
| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
| Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 307.720973 |
| Collana | Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States |
| ISBN | 0-271-03143-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777617303321 |
| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton
| Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
| Disciplina | 307.720973 |
| Collana | Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Rural development - United States |
| ISBN | 0-271-03143-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today? -- New Directions in Population Change and Diversity -- 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration -- 2 African Americans in Rural America -- 3 American Indians -- 4 Latinos in Rural America -- Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families -- 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? -- 6 Older Rural Families -- 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk -- 8 Rural Women -- 9 Rural Poverty -- Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy -- 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America -- 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? -- 12 Commuting -- 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System -- 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development -- Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community? -- Perspectives on Community -- 15 Community Agency and Local Development -- 16 Social Capital -- 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development -- The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community -- 18 The Global/Local Interface -- 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance -- 20 Religion -- 21 Promoting Educational Achievement -- 22 Rural Health Policy -- Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers -- 23 Transforming Rural America -- 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America -- 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers -- Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges -- 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? -- 27 Devolution -- 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas -- 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming -- 30 Catalytic Community Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813768603321 |
| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2003] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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