Rural and Small-Town America

Context, Composition, and Complexities
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-520-40112-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 232 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Sociology in the Twenty-First Century

Contemporary America is centered around urban society. Most Americans reside in cities or their surrounding suburbs, and both the media and modern American sociology focus disproportionately on urban life. Rural and Small-Town America looks at what we can learn from rural society and confronts common myths and misunderstandings about rural people and places. Tim Slack and Shannon M. Monnat examine social, economic, and demographic changes and how these changes pose both problems and opportunities for rural communities. They assess changes in population size and composition, economies and livelihoods, ethnoracial diversity and inequities, population health and health disparities, and politics and policies. The central focus of this book is that rural America is no paragon of stability. Social change abounds, accompanied by new challenges. Through analysis of empirical evidence, demographic data, and policy debates, readers will glean insights about rural America and the United States as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monnat, Shannon M

Slack, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Rural Population Change

2. Rural Economies and Livelihoods

3. Rural Ethnoracial Diversity and Inequities

4. Rural Population Health and Health Disparities

5. Rural Politics and Policies

Conclusion

Notes

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Slack is Professor of Sociology at Louisiana State University.

Shannon M. Monnat is Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Director of the Center for Policy Research, and Professor of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.