There is currently a debate taking place in the 'rural'literature concerning the fundamental
issue of the definition of 'the rural'. Two main conventional approaches to this issue are to …

The Community in Rural America, by Kenneth P. Wilkinson, is a foundational theoretical
work that both defines the interactional approach to the study of the community in rural areas …

There is increasing appreciation in the social sciences that context is an important element
in understanding social, economic, cultural, political and demographic processes. An …

While most researchers see the urban setting as being the only laboratory for studying crime
problems throughout the United States, Crime and Policing in Rural and Small-Town …

The effects of urbanization on community attachment were examined using data collected in
a general population survey from a random sample of individuals in four rural communities …

Drawing on the themes of social change, ecological risk, and their implications for the life
course, this chapter is intended as a point of departure for future research on rural …

Substantial US population growth in relatively rural areas adjacent to large urban areas is
sparking renewed interest in the rural–urban fringe. This research identifies some of the …

In this study, we explore the social basis of environmental concern, specifically focusing on
attitudes about the agricultural environment in relation to an individual's geographic and …

This chapter argues that the rural-urban dichotomy, whether defined traditionally or using
the metropolitan-nonmetropolitan division, needs to be further subdivided, and that newly …

The goal of this paper was to investigate whether or not the factors beyond individual
characteristics were associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy. Social capital has …