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

Title
Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation / David L. Brown and Kai A. Schafft.
ISBN
9781509529858
1509529853
9781509529865
1509529861
9781509529889
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
ix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Notes
Revised edition of the authors' Rural people and communities in the 21st century, 2011.
Summary
Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic, and environmental roles at a time when societies are rapidly urbanizing. This unrivaled critical introduction examines the causes and consequences of major social and economic transformations affecting rural populations in recent decades, explores policies developed to ameliorate problems or enhance opportunities, and highlights the resilience of rural people and communities. The book explores both sociodemographic and political economic aspects of rural transformation through an accessible and up-to-date blend of theory and empirical analysis, with each chapter's discussion grounded in real-life case-study materials. -- From publisher's description.
Variant and related titles
Rural people and communities in the twenty-first century
Other formats
Online version: Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945- Rural people and communities in the 21st century. 2 Edition. Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 03, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Thinking about rural places in metropolitan society
Rurality in metropolitan societies
Urbanization and population redistribution
Rural politics and governance
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
A transformed rural society: challenges and opportunities for the future.
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