Rethinking Rural Studies / David L. Brown, Mark Shucksmith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, David L., author.

Shucksmith, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Rethinking research and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Rural--Study and teaching.

Sociology, Rural.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Rethinking Rural Studies presents an explicitly trans-disciplinary perspective on rural social science. David L. Brown and Mark Shucksmith identify emerging issues and research avenues on the topic, highlighting opportunities for rural studies to contribute towards greater collective wellbeing. This timely book moves away from a binary division of rural and urban to posit that rural and urban areas are closely interrelated through social, economic, demographic and environmental processes. The authors emphasize the central role that power plays in structuring vulnerabilities and opportunities, and indicate the emerging possibilities caused by greater rural agency. Ultimately they argue that this is a critical time to rethink rural studies, asking how and what rural studies can contribute towards better rural futures. Written in an accessible style, this book is an invigorating read for scholars of sociology, human geography, planning and urban studies and population studies. The sustained focus on how social science research can promote social and spatial justice and equality also makes this an important read for those studying inequality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Rethinking rural studies

2. Beyond the urban hierarchy: Rethinking power and dominance in a dynamic settlement system

3. Rethinking rural economy and family livelihoods

4. Wellbeing, governance and rural development: Towards an agenda for research and policy

5. Poverty, social inequality and rural studies

6. Spatial inequality, spatial justice and a 'right to the countryside'

7. Rural population matters, but demography is not destiny

8. Science, technology and the food and fibre system: Legacies and transformations

9. Rethinking natural resources, energy and rural environments

10. Conclusion: A hopeful rural studies

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800881785 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.