TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,David L.
AU  - Schafft,Kai A.
TI  - Rural people and communities in the 21st century: resilience and transformation 
SN  - 9781509529858
AV  - HN59.2 .B753 2019
U1  - 306.0973 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, Medford, MA
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - Rural conditions
KW  - United States
N1  - Revised edition of the authors' Rural people and communities in the 21st century, 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -