{"product_id":"9781509529865","title":"Rural People and Communities in the 21st Century Resilience and Transformation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRural People and Communities in the 21st Century\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eResilience and Transformation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid L. Brown | Kai A. Schafft\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRural people and communities continue to play important social, economic, and environmental roles at a time when societies are rapidly urbanizing. This unrivaled critical introduction, now in a comprehensively updated second edition, examines the causes and consequences of major social and economic transformations affecting rural populations in recent decades, explores policies developed to ameliorate problems or enhance opportunities, and highlights the resilience of rural people and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an engaging, reader-friendly style, the book explores both socio-demographic and political economic aspects of rural transformation through an accessible and up-to-date blend of theory and empirical analysis, with each chapter’s discussion grounded in real-life case-study materials. The new edition has been completely revised throughout, with new data and literature, and carefully updated to address emerging issues of direct relevance to rural people and places, including a whole new chapter on rural politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural People and Communities in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e will continue to be the standard reading of choice for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in rural sociology, community sociology, rural and\/or population geography, community development, and population studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKai A. Schafft\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Education and Rural Sociology, and Director of the Penn State Center for Rural Education and Communities at The Pennsylvania State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 December 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509529865\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379836645516,"sku":"9781509529865","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509529865_c49afe75-f6e1-4344-b987-2dee4f491600.jpg?v=1780154247","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509529865","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}