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

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the identities of local places are increasingly subsumed by flows of people, information and economic activity across global spaces. However, whil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brown, David L. [ (David Louis)] , 1945- (Author), Schafft, Kai A. , 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rurality in metropolitan society
  • 2. Urbanization and population redistribution
  • 3. Understanding community in rural society
  • 4. Community institutions in rural society
  • 5. Natural resources and social change
  • 6. Youth, aging and the life course
  • 7. Racial and ethnic minorities in rural areas
  • 8. Making a living in rural communities 9. Farms, farmers and farming in contemporary rural society 10. Poverty across rural people and places
  • 10. Rural transformations and rural policies for the future