Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation

• Main Authors: Brown, David L. 1945- (Author), Schafft, Kai A., 1964- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; Malden : Polity, 2011
• Edition: First published
• Subjects: sociologie venkova > Spojené státy americké; venkovské obyvatelstvo > Spojené státy americké; rural sociology > United States; rural population > United States; monografie; monographs
• ISBN: 9780745641270 0-7456-4127-X; 978-0-7456-4128-7 0-7456-4128-8
• Physical Description: viii, 260 stran : ilustrace, mapy ; 25 cm

Table of Contents:

• Thinking about rural places in metropolitan society. Rurality in metropolitan society ; Urbanization and population redistribution
• Rural communities, institutions and environments. Understanding community in rural society ; Community institutions in rural society ; Natural resources and social change
• Rural populations. Youth, aging and the life course ; Racial and ethnic minorities in rural areas
• Rural economy and socioeconomic wellbeing. Making a living in rural communities ; Farms, farmers and farming in contemporary rural society ; Poverty across rural people and places
• Conclusions. Rural transformations and rural policies for the future