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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander R. Thomas , Gregory M. Fulkerson , Leanne M. Avery , Stephanie BennettPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.80cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781498534093ISBN 10: 1498534090 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 19 October 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I. Cautionary Tales and the Costs of Traditional Rural Development 1. The Need to Reinvent Rural, Alexander R. Thomas and Gregory Fulkerson 2. Urban Dependency and Urbanormativity, Alexander R. Thomas 3. The Rural Mystique in American Society, Fern K. Willits, Gene L. Theodori, and Michael W.P. Fortunato 4. Reinventing Rural Environmental Justice, Laura McKinney 5. Urbanization, Land Use, and Environmental Change: A Sociological Perspective, Matthew Clement 6. Centralia, Pennsylvania: Disaster or Apathy? Carrie L. Kane and Alexander R. Thomas Part II. Reinventing Rural in an Urbanizing World 7. Rural Economic Vitality, Gregory Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas 8. Build it and They Will Come? The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and Jay Peak Resort, Aimee Vieira 9. What do They Do up There? A Look at Two Non-Metropolitan Counties in New York State, Stephanie Bennett 10. Reframing Rural Education: Implications of the Rural Mystique and its Absence in Educational Policy, Leanne M. Avery and Michael W.P. Fortunato Chapter 11. Doggonit, People Live Here! The Unmet Challenges of Rural Behavioral Health, James Zians 12. Conclusion: Reinventing Rural Revisited, Gregory Fulkerson and Alexander R. ThomasReviewsFulkerson and Thomas have provided rural scholars a valuable collection of perspectives, cases, and critiques of contemporary rural life. The volume is well-anchored in place, both through the use of the authors' home region as a foil, and through careful selection of case studies. The approach is appropriately critical, urging (and helping) the reader move beyond classic stereotypes: it engages the rural mystique analytically rather that becoming dewy eyed, it carefully engages urban-rural synergies, pluralism in rural knowledge, and the rural manifestation of justice. The notion of reinventing rural is timely, useful, and moves the reader well past critique towards workable solutions. -- Richard Clark Stedman, Cornell University Alexander R. Thomas and Gregory M. Fulkerson have put together a great academic but readable resource for those interested in understanding the profound changes occurring in rural America and the complexity of rural society today. In addition, they provide useful and interesting insights into how rural people and places can thrive and develop in the future by building off of their strengths. -- Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, South Dakota State University Fulkerson and Thomas have provided rural scholars a valuable collection of perspectives, cases, and critiques of contemporary rural life. The volume is well-anchored in place, both through the use of the authors' home region as a foil, and through careful selection of case studies. The approach is appropriately critical, urging (and helping) the reader move beyond classic stereotypes: it engages the rural mystique analytically rather that becoming dewy eyed, it carefully engages urban-rural synergies, pluralism in rural knowledge, and the rural manifestation of justice. The notion of reinventing rural is timely, useful, and moves the reader well past critique towards workable solutions. -- Richard Clark Stedman, Cornell University Alexander R. Thomas and Gregory M. Fulkerson have put together a great academic but readable resource for those interested in understanding the profound changes occurring in rural America and the complexity of rural society today. In addition, they provide useful and interesting insights into how rural people and places can thrive and develop in the future by building off of their strengths. -- Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, South Dakota State University Author InformationDr. Gregory M. Fulkerson is associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Dr. Alexander R. Thomas is professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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