Community in Rural America

Name: Community in Rural America
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ISBN: 9780313264672

ISBN-10: 0313264678

ISBN-13: 9780313264672

Edition: 1991

Authors: LLC ABC-CLIO

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Far from being the bucolic paradise that is often imagined, the rural areas of this country are afflicted with chronic economic hardship, severe forms of alienation, and the lack of a foundation for community development or for the enhancement of economic, social, and educational opportunities for rural people. In this study, Kenneth P. Wilkinson examines the critical state of rural life in America, its causes and possible cure. Following a critical review of research and theories on the subject, he proposes a new theoretical perspective that focuses on community interaction as a necessary basis for social well-being. Wilkinson first looks at what rural sociologists have had to say about…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 2/28/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 152
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Studying the Community in Rural America The Community


An Interactional Approach


The Rural-Urban Variable in Community Research


The Community and Rural Well-Being Rural Community Development


In Search of the Community in the Changing Countryside


References


Index