Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First CenturyDavid L. Brown, Louis E. Swanson Penn State Press, 01/11/2010 |
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النتائج 1-5 من 81
الصفحة 2
... higher likelihood of being poor than urban residents , and some of the nation's most chronically depressed areas are rural . In fact , over five hundred rural counties have consistently had poverty rates in excess of 20 percent over the ...
... higher likelihood of being poor than urban residents , and some of the nation's most chronically depressed areas are rural . In fact , over five hundred rural counties have consistently had poverty rates in excess of 20 percent over the ...
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... higher risk of being poor than their urban counterparts , but that rural poverty is often hidden or camouflaged , and therefore unrecognized . They indicate that poor rural families who live in depressed areas are dou- bly disadvantaged ...
... higher risk of being poor than their urban counterparts , but that rural poverty is often hidden or camouflaged , and therefore unrecognized . They indicate that poor rural families who live in depressed areas are dou- bly disadvantaged ...
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... higher level of dependence than in urban economies . In contrast , dependence on services is much lower in rural than in urban America , and rural services are more likely to involve low - wage , low - skill , seasonal , and / or ...
... higher level of dependence than in urban economies . In contrast , dependence on services is much lower in rural than in urban America , and rural services are more likely to involve low - wage , low - skill , seasonal , and / or ...
الصفحة 9
... higher - paying and more secure jobs it often replaces . A challenge for rural America is to secure well - paying , secure jobs in more remote areas , including areas that previously depended on family farming . The Rural Community ...
... higher - paying and more secure jobs it often replaces . A challenge for rural America is to secure well - paying , secure jobs in more remote areas , including areas that previously depended on family farming . The Rural Community ...
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... higher social welfare . These three chapters taken together , then , indicate that strengthening local social rela- tionships that contribute to communities ' abilities to secure collective goals is a challenge for rural America ...
... higher social welfare . These three chapters taken together , then , indicate that strengthening local social rela- tionships that contribute to communities ' abilities to secure collective goals is a challenge for rural America ...
المحتوى
Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration | 13 |
African Americans in Rural America | 26 |
American Indians Their Contemporary Reality and Future Trajectory | 37 |
Latinos in Rural America | 51 |
Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families | 65 |
What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? | 67 |
Older Rural Families | 80 |
Rural Children and Youth at Risk | 91 |
The GlobalLocal Interface | 235 |
Competition Cooperation and Local Governance | 246 |
Religion | 256 |
Promoting Educational Achievement A Partnership of Families Schools and Communities | 267 |
Rural Health Policy | 284 |
People and the Environment Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers | 297 |
Transforming Rural America The Challenges of Land Use Change in the TwentyFirst Century | 299 |
Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America | 311 |
Rural Women New Roles for the New Century? | 103 |
Rural Poverty The Persisting Challenge | 112 |
A Transformed Rural Economy | 127 |
How People Make a Living in Rural America | 129 |
Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? Lessons from the Past Challenges for the Future | 146 |
Commuting A Good Job Nearby? | 160 |
Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the US AgroFood System | 171 |
Tourism and Natural Amenity Development Real Opportunities? | 184 |
The Rural Community Is It Local? Is It a Community? Perspectives on Community | 195 |
Community Agency and Local Development | 197 |
Social Capital | 208 |
Civil Society Civic Communities and Rural Development | 222 |
The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community | 233 |
Fur Fins and Feathers Whose Home Is It Anyway? | 323 |
Changing National and International Policies New Uncertainties and New Challenges | 335 |
What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? | 337 |
Devolution Who Is Responsible for Rural America? | 347 |
Welfare Reform in Rural Areas A Voyage through Uncharted Waters | 357 |
The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming | 369 |
Catalytic Community Development A Theory of Practice for Changing Rural Society | 379 |
Challenges Become Opportunities Trends and Policies Shaping the Future | 391 |
REFERENCES | 401 |
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INDEX | 475 |
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activities adult African American agricultural American Indian Appalachia Census challenges Chapter civic civic engagement community development counties cultural decline demographic devolution economic development employment environmental extractive farm farmers federal focuses Fordism global groups growth households human capital impact important income increased increasingly industries inequality infrastructure institutions interaction Iowa State University issues labor market Leif Jensen levels living Lobao Lyson ment metropolitan areas migration neoliberal networks nomic Nonmetro nonmetropolitan areas older organizations Pennsylvania State University percent perspective places political population poverty rates production programs regions residents restructuring role rural America rural and urban rural areas rural communities Rural Development rural economic rural families rural land rural Latinos rural poverty Rural Sociology sector social capital society spatial strategies structure tion trends tribal U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Department urban areas Washington Welfare Reform wildlife women workers