Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century

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David L. Brown, Louis E. Swanson
Penn State Press, 01‏/11‏/2010

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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
CONTRIBUTORS
467
INDEX
475
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