Challenges for rural America in the twenty-first century

PART I: WHO LIVES IN RURAL AMERICA TODAY?

Unpredictable directions in rural population growth and migration / Kenneth M. Johnson

African Americans in rural America / Rosalind P. Harris, Dreamal Worthen

American Indians: their contemporary reality and future trajectory / Angela A. Gonzales

Latinos in rural America / Rogelio Saenz, Cruz C. Torres

What do rural families look like today? / Katherine MacTavish, Sonya Salamon

Older rural families / Nina Glasgow

Rural children and youth at risk / Daniel T. Lichter ... [et al.]

Rural women: new roles for the new century? / Ann R. Tickamyer, Debra A. Henderson

Rural poverty: the persisting challenge / Leif Jensen ... [et al.]

PART II: A TRANSFORMED RURAL ECONOMY

How people make a living in rural America / David A. McGranahan

Who benefits from economic restructuring? Lessons from the past, challenges for the future / William W. Falk, Linda M. Lobao

Commuting: a good job nearby? / Leanne M. Tigges, Glenn V. Fuguitt

Continuities and disjunctures in the transformation of the U.S. agro-food system / Frederick H. Buttel

Tourism and natural amenity development: real opportunities? / Richard S. Krannich, Peggy Petrzelka

PART III: THE RURAL COMMUNITY: IS IT LOCAL? IS IT A COMMUNITY?

Community agency and local development / A.E. Luloff, Jeffrey C. Bridger

Social capital / Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora

Civil society, civic communities, and rural development / Thomas A. Lyson, Charles M. Tolbert

The global/local interface / Alessandro Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance

Competition, cooperation, and local governance / Mildred E. Warner

Religion / Leland Glenna

Promoting educational achievement: a partnership of families, schools, and communities / Lionel J. Beaulieu ... [et al.]

Rural health policy / Lois Wright Morton

PART IV: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: TOUGH TRADEOFFS IN AN ERA WITH VANISHING BUFFERS

Transforming rural America: the challenges of land use change in the twenty-first century / Douglas B. Jackson-Smith

Community and resource extraction in rural America / Lynn England, Ralph B. Brown

Fur, fins, and feathers: whose home is it anyway? / Steven E. Daniels, Joan M. Brehm

PART V: CHANGING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES: NEW UNCERTAINTIES AND NEW CHALLENGES

What role can community play in local economic development? / Gary Paul Green

Devolution: who is responsible for rural America? / Jeffrey S. Sharp, Domenico M. Parisi

Welfare reform in rural areas: a voyage through uncharted waters / Julie N. Zimmerman, Thomas A. Hirschl

The impact of global economic practices on American farming / Philip McMichael

Catalytic community development: a theory of practice for changing rural society / Kenneth E. Pigg, Ted K. Bradshaw.