Rural and Small-Town America

Context, Composition, and Complexities

Tim Slack, Shannon M Monnat (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2024
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-40112-9 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	15.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Sociology in the Twenty-First Century ; 9
Zusatzinfo	24 b-w illustrations, 3 tables
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-40112-3 / 0520401123
ISBN-13	978-0-520-40112-9 / 9780520401129
Zustand	Neuware