Search Results - "Rural sociology"

Rural Depopulation: Growth and Decline Processes over the Past Century by Johnson, Kenneth M., Lichter, Daniel T.

“…This article highlights the rise and geographic spread of depopulation in rural America over the past century. “Depopulation” refers to chronic population…”
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Agriculture, Pesticide Use, and Economic Development: A Global Examination (1990–2014) by Hedlund, John, Longo, Stefano B., York, Richard

“…Modern agricultural production typically requires large quantities of chemical pesticides, a potential source of both environmental and human harm. Previous…”
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The Opioid Hydra: Understanding Overdose Mortality Epidemics and Syndemics Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum by Peters, David J., Monnat, Shannon M., Hochstetler, Andrew L., Berg, Mark T.

“…The rapid increase of fatal opioid overdoses over the past two decades is a major U.S. public health problem, especially in non‐metropolitan communities. The…”
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Neo‐Endogenous Rural Development: A Path Toward Reviving Rural Europe by Georgios, Chatzichristos, Nikolaos, Nagopoulos, Michalis, Poulimas

“…The 2008 fiscal crisis, inflamed by austerity measures, has prompted rural marginalization and societal segmentation across the European Union (EU). The…”
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Immigration and the New Racial Diversity in Rural America by Lichter, Daniel T.

“…This article highlights the new racial and ethnic diversity in rural America, which may be the most important but least anticipated population shift in recent…”
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“Out” on the Farm: Queer Farmers Maneuvering Heterosexism and Visibility by Hoffelmeyer, Michaela

“…In agriculture, heterosexual and cisgender farmers benefit from merging the public and private spheres through the “family farm” model. In comparison,…”
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The Rural Problem: Justice in the Countryside by Carolan, Michael

“…This paper makes the case that justice scholarship cannot adequately account for the rural grievances that helped launch Trump to the presidency. This relative…”
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The Social Bases of Rural‐Urban Political Divides: Social Status, Work, and Sociocultural Beliefs by Kelly, Paige, Lobao, Linda

“…The rural‐urban political divide has sparked media and social science concern. Yet national studies of rural and urban voters have largely failed to draw from…”
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COVID‐19 in Rural America: Impacts of Politics and Disadvantage by Albrecht, Don E.

“…Early in the COVID‐19 pandemic, people living in cities were much more likely than rural residents to become infected with and die from the virus. Beginning in…”
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Gene‐Edited Food Adoption Intentions and Institutional Trust in the United States: Benefits, Acceptance, and Labeling by Lindberg, Sonja A., Peters, David J., Cummings, Christopher L.

“…New gene editing techniques, such as CRISPR‐Cas9, have created the potential for rapid development of new gene‐edited food (GEF) products. Unlike genetically…”
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Poverty, Place, and Coal Employment across Appalachia and the United States in a New Economic Era by Lobao, Linda, Zhou, Minyu, Partridge, Mark, Betz, Michael

“…The impacts of employment in the coal industry remain controversial. Few studies have investigated these impacts over the decade of the great recession and in…”
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The Political Economy of Institutional Landownership: Neorentier Society and the Financialization of Land by Gunnoe, Andrew

“…In recent decades a substantial shift in landownership has taken place in rural America as millions of acres of land have come under the ownership and control…”
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Community Economic Identity: The Coal Industry and Ideology Construction in West Virginia by Bell, Shannon Elizabeth, York, Richard

“…Economic changes and the machinations of the treadmill of production have dramatically reduced the number of jobs provided by extractive industries, such as…”
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Conservation Intentions and Place Attachment among Male and Female Forest Landowners by Mook, Anne, Goyke, Noah, Dwivedi, Puneet

“…Forests offer critical social, economic, and ecological benefits. As fifty‐five percent of Georgia's forests are family‐owned, management decisions of these…”
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From Brexit to VOX: Populist Policy Narratives about Rurality in Europe and the Populist Challenges for the Rural‐Urban Divide by Valero, Diana E.

“…The spread of radical‐right populist movements across Europe in recent years have been explained from a geographical perspective by a differentiated political…”
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Income Inequality across the Rural‐Urban Continuum in the United States, 1970–2016 by Thiede, Brian C., Butler, Jaclyn L. W., Brown, David L., Jensen, Leif

“…The growth in macro‐level income inequality in the United States is well established, but less is known about patterns of inequality at subnational scales and…”
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The Relationship between Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania and Local Perceptions of Risk and Opportunity by Schafft, Kai A., Borlu, Yetkin, Glenna, Leland

“…Recent advances in gas and oil drilling technology have led to dramatic boomtown development in many rural areas that have endured extended periods of economic…”
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A Demographic Deficit? Local Population Aging and Access to Services in Rural America, 1990–2010 by Thiede, Brian C., Brown, David L., Sanders, Scott R., Glasgow, Nina, Kulcsar, Laszlo J.

“…Population aging is being experienced by many rural communities in the United States, as evidenced by increases in the median age and the high incidence of…”
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Community‐Based Social Enterprises as Actors for Neo‐Endogenous Rural Development: A Multi‐Stakeholder Approach by Olmedo, Lucas, O'Shaughnessy, Mary

“…Rural shrinking is an ongoing phenomenon in many parts of Europe. Against this backdrop neo‐endogenous rural development has been gaining support as a…”
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Reacting to the Rural Burden: Understanding Opposition to Utility‐Scale Solar Development in Upstate New York by Nilson, Roberta S., Stedman, Richard C.

“…Rural landscapes are under increasing development pressure from utility‐scale solar (USS) energy facilities while public attitudes toward these facilities…”
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