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 |
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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 |
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] | ||
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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 |
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 |
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Communities of work [[electronic resource] ] : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FalkWilliam W
SchulmanMichael D TickamyerAnn R |
Collana | Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series |
Soggetto topico | Sociology, Rural - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-89680-447-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450068403321 |
Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 | ||
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Communities of work [[electronic resource] ] : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FalkWilliam W
SchulmanMichael D TickamyerAnn R |
Collana | Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series |
Soggetto topico | Sociology, Rural - United States |
ISBN | 0-89680-447-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783577103321 |
Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 | ||
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Communities of work [[electronic resource] ] : rural restructuring in local and global contexts / / edited by William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, and Ann R. Tickamyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xxiii, 439 p. : ill., map |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FalkWilliam W
SchulmanMichael D TickamyerAnn R |
Collana | Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series |
Soggetto topico | Sociology, Rural - United States |
ISBN | 0-89680-447-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827826603321 |
Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003 | ||
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For-Profit Democracy : Why the Government Is Losing the Trust of Rural America / / Loka Ashwood |
Autore | Ashwood Loka |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 320.9730905 |
Collana | Yale Agrarian Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Public opinion - United States Rural population - United States - Attitudes |
ISBN | 0-300-23514-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reaction -- 1. Welcome to Burke County -- 2. For-Profit Democracy -- Meltdown -- 3. The Moral Economy of Democracy -- 4. The Rule of Numbers -- Fallout -- 5. The Rural Rebel -- 6. The Transcendent People -- 7. Freedom under the Gun -- Recovery -- 8. The Moral Economy's Freedom -- Appendix 1: Methodology -- Appendix 2: A Summary of People and Concepts -- Notes -- Illustration Captions and Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838236303321 |
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Persistence and change in rural communities [[electronic resource] ] : a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies / / edited by A.E. Luloff and R.S. Krannich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LuloffA. E
KrannichRichard S |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Social change - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-82914-1
9786610829149 0-85199-777-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Change and Community Theory; 3 Sublette, Kansas: Persistence and Change in Haskell County; 4 Irwin, Iowa: Persistence and Change in Shelby County; 5 Community Change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993; 6 Community Change and Persistence: Landaff, New Hampshire; 7 Community and Social Well-being in Contemporary El Cerrito; 8 The Old Order Amish Community 50 Years Later; 9 A 50-year Perspective on Persistence and Change: Lessons from the Rural Studies Communities; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455367803321 |
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 | ||
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Persistence and change in rural communities [[electronic resource] ] : a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies / / edited by A.E. Luloff and R.S. Krannich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LuloffA. E
KrannichRichard S |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Social change - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-82914-1
9786610829149 0-85199-777-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Change and Community Theory; 3 Sublette, Kansas: Persistence and Change in Haskell County; 4 Irwin, Iowa: Persistence and Change in Shelby County; 5 Community Change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993; 6 Community Change and Persistence: Landaff, New Hampshire; 7 Community and Social Well-being in Contemporary El Cerrito; 8 The Old Order Amish Community 50 Years Later; 9 A 50-year Perspective on Persistence and Change: Lessons from the Rural Studies Communities; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780204203321 |
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 | ||
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Persistence and change in rural communities [[electronic resource] ] : a 50-year follow-up to six classic studies / / edited by A.E. Luloff and R.S. Krannich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.72/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LuloffA. E
KrannichRichard S |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Rural - United States
Social change - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-82914-1
9786610829149 0-85199-777-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Change and Community Theory; 3 Sublette, Kansas: Persistence and Change in Haskell County; 4 Irwin, Iowa: Persistence and Change in Shelby County; 5 Community Change in Harmony, Georgia, 1943-1993; 6 Community Change and Persistence: Landaff, New Hampshire; 7 Community and Social Well-being in Contemporary El Cerrito; 8 The Old Order Amish Community 50 Years Later; 9 A 50-year Perspective on Persistence and Change: Lessons from the Rural Studies Communities; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828113503321 |
Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002 | ||
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