Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century
By: edited by David L. Brown and Louis E. Swanson with assistance from Alan W. Barton.
Contributors: Brown, David L. 1945-; Swanson, Louis E.; Barton, Alan W.; Rural Sociological Society.
Series: Rural studies series; Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Sociology, Rural -- United States; Rural development -- United States; United States -- Rural conditions
Notes: "Sponsored by the Rural Sociological Society"--p. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-472) and index.
Table of contents: title: PART I: WHO LIVES IN RURAL AMERICA TODAY?; title: Unpredictable directions in rural population growth and migration -- Kenneth M. Johnson; title: African Americans in rural America -- Rosalind P. Harris, -- Dreamal Worthen; title: American Indians: their contemporary reality and future trajectory -- Angela A. Gonzales; title: Latinos in rural America -- Rogelio Saenz, -- Cruz C. Torres; title: What do rural families look like today? -- Katherine MacTavish, -- Sonya Salamon; title: Older rural families -- Nina Glasgow; title: Rural children and youth at risk -- Daniel T. Lichter ... [et al.]; title: Rural women: new roles for the new century? -- Ann R. Tickamyer, -- Debra A. Henderson; title: Rural poverty: the persisting challenge -- Leif Jensen ... [et al.] -- PART II: A TRANSFORMED RURAL ECONOMY; title: How people make a living in rural America -- David A. McGranahan; title: Who benefits from economic restructuring? Lessons from the past, challenges for the future -- William W. Falk, -- Linda M. Lobao; title: Commuting: a good job nearby? -- Leanne M. Tigges, -- Glenn V. Fuguitt; title: Continuities and disjunctures in the transformation of the U.S. agro-food system -- Frederick H. Buttel; title: Tourism and natural amenity development: real opportunities? -- Richard S. Krannich, -- Peggy Petrzelka -- PART III: THE RURAL COMMUNITY: IS IT LOCAL? IS IT A COMMUNITY?; title: Community agency and local development -- A.E. Luloff, -- Jeffrey C. Bridger; title: Social capital -- Cornelia Butler Flora, -- Jan L. Flora; title: Civil society, civic communities, and rural development -- Thomas A. Lyson, -- Charles M. Tolbert; title: The global/local interface -- Alessandro Bonanno, -- Douglas H. Constance; title: Competition, cooperation, and local governance -- Mildred E. Warner; title: Religion -- Leland Glenna; title: Promoting educational achievement: a partnership of families, schools, and communities -- Lionel J. Beaulieu ... [et al.]; title: Rural health policy -- Lois Wright Morton -- PART IV: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: TOUGH TRADEOFFS IN AN ERA WITH VANISHING BUFFERS; title: Transforming rural America: the challenges of land use change in the twenty-first century -- Douglas B. Jackson-Smith; title: Community and resource extraction in rural America -- Lynn England, -- Ralph B. Brown; title: Fur, fins, and feathers: whose home is it anyway? -- Steven E. Daniels, -- Joan M. Brehm -- PART V: CHANGING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES: NEW UNCERTAINTIES AND NEW CHALLENGES; title: What role can community play in local economic development? -- Gary Paul Green; title: Devolution: who is responsible for rural America? -- Jeffrey S. Sharp, -- Domenico M. Parisi; title: Welfare reform in rural areas: a voyage through uncharted waters -- Julie N. Zimmerman, -- Thomas A. Hirschl; title: The impact of global economic practices on American farming -- Philip McMichael; title: Catalytic community development: a theory of practice for changing rural society-- Kenneth E. Pigg,-- Ted K. Bradshaw.