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• Cover
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Thinking About Rural Places in Metropolitan Society
• 1 Rurality in Metropolitan Societies
• The Development of Social Scientific thought about Rurality
• What Images and Attitudes Do People Have about Rural People and Places in Metropolitan Societies?
• Why Rural People and Places Matter in Urbanized Society
• Notes
• References
• 2 Urbanization and Population Redistribution
• Conceptualizing and Measuring Urbanization
• Why Population Concentrates in Urban Places
• Urbanization can be Reversed
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• 3 Rural Politics and Governance
• Rural Political Arenas
• Voting and Political Participation
• The Rural Vote in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• Part II Rural Communities, Institutions, and Environments
• 4 Understanding Community in Rural Society
• Understanding Community
• Has Urbanization Undermined Community?
• Community Lost or Community Transformed?
• Two Sociological Approaches to Understanding Community
• Are the Social Field and Social System Approaches Antagonistic?
• Community Power
• The Community Challenge: Balancing Autonomy and Collective Responsibility
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• 5 Community Institutions in Rural Society
• Federalism and the Structure of Local Governance
• Education
• Health Care and Health Care Institutions in Rural America
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• 6 Natural Resources and Social Change
• Natural Amenities: An Engine of Growth?
• Environmental Contexts for Community Development and Conflict
• Resource Extraction as a Social Process
• New forms of resource extraction: generating green and renewable energy
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• Part III Rural Populations
• 7 Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
• Individual Aging Versus Population Aging
• Individual Aging in Rural Communities
• Challenges Facing Rural Youth and Young Adults
• Challenges Facing Older Rural Adults
• Population Aging in Rural Communities
• Three Community-Level Challenges of Rural Population Aging
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• 8 Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Rural Areas
• Thinking about Race and Ethnicity
• Race and Rurality
• Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances in Rural Areas
• American Indians in Rural Areas
• Latinos in Rural Areas and the Changing Patterns of Immigration
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• Part IV Rural Economy and Socioeconomic Wellbeing
• 9 Making a Living in Rural Communities
• The Structure and Restructuring of Rural Opportunities
• The Rural Labor Force
• The Utilization of Rural Labor
• Local–Global Linkages
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• 10 Farms, Farmers, and Farming in Contemporary Rural Society
• The Structure of Agriculture
• Family Farms and Farm Families
• The Food System
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• 11 Poverty Across Rural People and Places
• Who is Poor in the United States?
• Poverty as a Multi-Dimensional Concept
• Why are some Persons and Families more likely to be Poor than Others?
• Conclusions
• Notes
• References
• Part V Conclusions
• 12 A Transformed Rural Society: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future
• Long-Term Rural Transformations – a Changed Rural Demography
• Transformed Rural Economies
• Global–Local Connections
• Poverty and Inequality
• New and Changing Trends Affecting Rural America
• The Rural Policy Choice
• Rural Community Capacity Reconsidered
• Notes
• References
• Index
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