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Rethinking Rural Studies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Rethinking Rural Studies presents an explicitly trans-disciplinary perspective on rural social science. David L. Brown and Mark Shucksmith identify emerging issues and research avenues on the topic, highlighting opportunities for rural studies to contribute towards greater collective wellbeing.This timely book moves away from a binary division of rural and urban to posit that rural and urban areas are closely interrelated through social, economic, demographic and environmental processes. The authors emphasize the central role that power plays in structuring vulnerabilities and opportunities, and indicate the emerging possibilities caused by greater rural agency. Ultimately they argue that this is a critical time to rethink rural studies, asking how and what rural studies can contribute towards better rural futures.Written in an accessible style, this book is an invigorating read for scholars of sociology, human geography, planning and urban studies and population studies. The sustained focus on how social science research can promote social and spatial justice and equality also makes this an important read for those studying inequality.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-09-20
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRethinking Research and Theory series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781800881778

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ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking Rural Studies2 Beyond the urban hierarchy: rethinking power anddominance in a dynamic settlement system3 Rethinking rural economy and family livelihoods4 Wellbeing, governance and rural development: towards anagenda for research and policy5 Poverty, social inequality and rural studies6 Spatial inequality, spatial justice and a ‘right to the countryside’7 Rural population matters, but demography is not destiny8 Science, technology and the food and fibre system:legacies and transformations9 Rethinking natural resources, energy and rural environments10 Conclusion: a hopeful rural studiesBibliography

‘Rethinking Rural Studies is a seminal contribution. Written by two scholars foundational to the development of this field, the book spans social science disciplines and nations across the global north. Sociologists have been key players in rural studies. The book builds on sociological concepts and theories and has important implications for our discipline. Overall, Rethinking Rural Studies offers a thoughtful and engaging account of this field. It explains why activist scholarship does not have to be incompatible with other ways of doing sociology, the authors providing concrete examples of how research, theory, and practice can converge to make a progressive difference.’