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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Figures xi
  4. List of Tables xiii
  5. Acknowledgments xv
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today?
  8. New Directions in Population Change and Diversity
  9. 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration 19
  10. 2 African Americans in Rural America 32
  11. 3 American Indians 43
  12. 4 Latinos in Rural America 57
  13. Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families
  14. 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? 73
  15. 6 Older Rural Families 86
  16. 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk 97
  17. 8 Rural Women 109
  18. 9 Rural Poverty 118
  19. Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy
  20. 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America 135
  21. 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? 152
  22. 12 Commuting 166
  23. 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System 177
  24. 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development 190
  25. Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community?
  26. Perspectives on Community
  27. 15 Community Agency and Local Development 203
  28. 16 Social Capital 214
  29. 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development 228
  30. The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community
  31. 18 The Global/Local Interface 241
  32. 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance 252
  33. 20 Religion 262
  34. 21 Promoting Educational Achievement 273
  35. 22 Rural Health Policy 290
  36. Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers
  37. 23 Transforming Rural America 305
  38. 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America 317
  39. 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers 329
  40. Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges
  41. 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? 343
  42. 27 Devolution 353
  43. 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas 363
  44. 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming 375
  45. 30 Catalytic Community Development 385
  46. Conclusion 397
  47. References 407
  48. Contributors 473
  49. Index 481
Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century
This chapter is in the book Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271031439-037

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Figures xi
  4. List of Tables xiii
  5. Acknowledgments xv
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Part I: Who Lives in Rural America Today?
  8. New Directions in Population Change and Diversity
  9. 1 Unpredictable Directions of Rural Population Growth and Migration 19
  10. 2 African Americans in Rural America 32
  11. 3 American Indians 43
  12. 4 Latinos in Rural America 57
  13. Reshuffling and Remaking Rural Families
  14. 5 What Do Rural Families Look Like Today? 73
  15. 6 Older Rural Families 86
  16. 7 Rural Children and Youth at Risk 97
  17. 8 Rural Women 109
  18. 9 Rural Poverty 118
  19. Part II: A Transformed Rural Economy
  20. 10 How People Make a Living in Rural America 135
  21. 11 Who Benefits from Economic Restructuring? 152
  22. 12 Commuting 166
  23. 13 Continuities and Disjunctures in the Transformation of the U.S. Agro-Food System 177
  24. 14 Tourism and Natural Amenity Development 190
  25. Part III: The Rural Community: Is It Local? Is It a Community?
  26. Perspectives on Community
  27. 15 Community Agency and Local Development 203
  28. 16 Social Capital 214
  29. 17 Civil Society, Civic Communities, and Rural Development 228
  30. The Social Institutions That Maintain and Reproduce Community
  31. 18 The Global/Local Interface 241
  32. 19 Competition, Cooperation, and Local Governance 252
  33. 20 Religion 262
  34. 21 Promoting Educational Achievement 273
  35. 22 Rural Health Policy 290
  36. Part IV: People and the Environment: Tough Tradeoffs in an Era with Vanishing Buffers
  37. 23 Transforming Rural America 305
  38. 24 Community and Resource Extraction in Rural America 317
  39. 25 Fur, Fins, and Feathers 329
  40. Part V: Changing National and International Policies: New Uncertainties and New Challenges
  41. 26 What Role Can Community Play in Local Economic Development? 343
  42. 27 Devolution 353
  43. 28 Welfare Reform in Rural Areas 363
  44. 29 The Impact of Global Economic Practices on American Farming 375
  45. 30 Catalytic Community Development 385
  46. Conclusion 397
  47. References 407
  48. Contributors 473
  49. Index 481
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