Real estate plays an essential part in various sociological theories of political economy,
state capacity, racecraft, stratification, and urbanization. However, since foundational …

Farmers are front-line workers managing climatic change. As in many parts of the world,
climate change in northern California is threatening natural resource-dependent …

In this ethnographic case study of amenity-driven rural development, we illustrate how the
school as a local institution can provide social, cultural, and educational privilege to some …

Abstract In 2016, Donald Trump won the US presidential election by securing a very large
share of the rural vote. In the 2020 election, his margin of victory in rural America was even …

Poverty is perceived as an urban problem, yet many in rural Britain also experience
hardship. This book explores how and why people in rural areas experience and negotiate …

A long line of sociological research has found that rural residents tend to be more
conservative than urban residents in the US on a wide range of attitudes and behaviors. Two …

Cross-sector school-community partnerships have recently garnered attention for their
potential to improve outcomes across multiple child-and family-serving organizations …

This paper builds on prior critical scholarship on Agriculture 4.0—an umbrella term to
reference the utilization of robotics and automation, AI, remote sensing, big data, and the like …

Research suggests that the time students spend outside of school, as well as the
communities in which they spend it, impact educational outcomes. Inequitable educational …

Rapidly expanding rural communities (often termed 'rurban') face complex social challenges
around inclusion of newcomers and resulting changes to long-established community …