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| Tables and Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Components of Rural Community: Community Capitals | |
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| The Rural Landscape and the Importance of Place | |
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| Defining Rural | |
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| Defining Community | |
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| Rural Communities and Change | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Natural Capital | |
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| Land Use | |
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| Water Concerns | |
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| Importance of Biodiversity | |
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| Climate Change | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Cultural Capital and Legacy | |
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| What Is Legacy? | |
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| Conflicting Cultural Capitals and Cultural Domination | |
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| Social Class, Stratification, and Domination | |
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| Legacy and the Family | |
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| Transmitting Legacy through the Community | |
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| Impact of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity | |
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| Inequality: Whose Legacy? | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Human Capital | |
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| What Is Human Capital? | |
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| Human Capital as Labor Force | |
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| Building Human Capital | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Social Capital and Community | |
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| What Is Social Capital? | |
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| Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Homogeneity or Inclusion? | |
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| Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Political Capital | |
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| Political Capital | |
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| Power and Economic Interests | |
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| Power Structure and Community Change | |
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| Understanding Power Structure and Increasing the Political Capital of Excluded Groups | |
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| Who Gains? | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Financial Capital | |
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| The Concept of Financial Capital | |
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| Financial Capital and Community Needs | |
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| Sources of Capital | |
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| The Changing Rules of Financial Capital | |
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| Business Financial Capital and Community | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Built Capital | |
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| Defining Built Capital | |
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| Public Versus Private Provision of Built Capital | |
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| Public Choices: Water Systems | |
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| Private Choices: Solid Waste | |
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| Federal Role: Making Linkages | |
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| Motivation to Act | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| The Transformation of Community Capitals in a Changing World | |
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| The Global Economy | |
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| Rural Linkages to a World Economy | |
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| Altering Globalization: The Growing Importance of Financial Capital | |
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| Impact on Rural Areas | |
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| Opportunities and Risks: Rural Areas in the Global Economy | |
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| Beat 'Em or Join 'Em? | |
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| Consumption in Rural America | |
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| Why Is Consumption Important? | |
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| Consolidation | |
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| Changes in the Labor Force | |
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| Targeted Advertising and Segmented Markets | |
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| Impacts of Increased Consumption | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| References | |
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| Governance | |
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| What Is Governance? | |
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| Organization and Functions of Local Governments | |
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| Challenges Faced by Local Governments | |
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| Providing Public Services: An Example of Collaboration | |
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| Sustained Citizen Engagement | |
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| Leveraging Regional Resources | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Generating Community Change | |
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| Community and Development | |
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| Models of Community Development | |
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| Factors in Effective Change | |
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| Approaches to Economic Development | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Index | |