Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xxvii
5. Preface to the Original Edition xxix
6. Introduction 3
7. 1 The Community 12
8. 2 The rural-urban variable in community research 34
9. 3 The Community and Rural Well-Being 54
10. 4 Rural community development 70
11. 5 In search of the community in the changing countryside 87
12. References 95
13. Index 105
14. About the Author 111