Rural people and communities in the 21st century : resilience and transformation / David L. Brown and Kai A. Schafft.

Second edition.

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019]

©2019

ix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Revised edition of the authors' Rural people and communities in the 21st century, 2011.

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.

Rural people and communities in the twenty-first century

Online version: Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945- Rural people and communities in the 21st century. 2 Edition. Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018]

English

March 03, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.