Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century / edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson ; with assistance from Alan W. Barton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, David L. (David Louis), 1945- editor.

Swanson, Louis E., editor.

Barton, Alan W., contributor.

Rural Sociological Society.

Series:

Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)

Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Rural--United States.

Sociology, Rural.

Rural development--United States.

Rural development.

United States--Rural conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 513 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The twentieth century was one of profound transformation in rural America. Demographic shifts and economic restructuring have conspired to alter dramatically the lives of rural people and their communities. Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century defines these changes and interprets their implications for the future of rural America. The volume follows in the tradition of ";decennial volumes"; co-edited by presidents of the Rural Sociological Society and published in the Society's Rural Studies Series. Essays have been specially commissioned to examine key aspects of public policy relevant to rural America in the new century. Contributors include: Lionel Beaulieu, Alessandro Bonnano, David Brown, Ralph Brown, Frederick Buttel, Ted Bradshaw, Douglas Constance, Steve Daniels, Lynn England, William Falk, Cornelia Flora, Jan Flora, Glenn Fuguitt, Nina Glasgow, Leland Glenna, Angela Gonzales, Gary Green, Rosalind Harris, Tom Hirschl, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Leif Jensen, Ken Johnson, Richard Krannich, Daniel Lichter, Linda Lobao, Al Luloff, Tom Lyson, Kate MacTavish, David McGranahan, Diane McLaughlin, Philip McMichael, Lois Wright Morton, Domenico Parisi, Peggy Petrzelka, Kenneth Pigg, Rogelio Saenz, Sonya Salamon, Jeff Sharp, Curtis Stofferahn, Louis Swanson, Ann Tickameyer, Leanne Tigges, Cruz Torres, Mildred Warner, Ronald Wimberley, Dreamal Worthen, and Julie Zimmerman.

Contents:

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

Notes:

"Sponsored by the Rural Sociological Society"--page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-472) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271031439

0271031433

OCLC:

966854945