Description
Book SynopsisIn a comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis that extends from the Civil War to the present, this book seeks to isolate the underlying causes of persistent rural poverty. It take a hard look at current and past programs to alleviate rural poverty and uses their failures to suggest alternatives that could improve the well-being of rural Americans.
Trade ReviewThis book covers the historical development of rural poverty research and policy, brings together the core theoretical literature, and addresses significant substantive issues including food insecurity, race, migration, and housing. The breadth is remarkable. No other volume exists today that draws the literature together so comprehensively and engagingly. -- Linda Lobao, The Ohio State University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Geography and Demography of Rural America1. Where Is Rural America and Who Lives There?, by Kenneth M. Johnson
2. Poverty in Rural America Then and Now, by Bruce Weber and Kathleen Miller
Part II. Key Concepts and Issues for Understanding Rural Poverty3. Measures of Poverty and Implications for Portraits of Rural Hardship, by Leif Jensen and Danielle Ely
4. How to Explain Poverty?, by Ann R. Tickamyer and Emily J. Wornell
Part III. Vulnerable Populations in Rural Places5. Changing Gender Roles and Rural Poverty, by Kristin Smith
Case Study:
In re Bow, Nevada Supreme Court (1997), by Lisa R. Pruitt
6. Racial Inequalities and Poverty in Rural America, by Mark H. Harvey
Case Study: Engaging Black Geographies—How Racism Continues to Produce Poverty within the Black Belt South, by Rosalind P. Harris
7. Immigration Trends and Immigrant Poverty in Rural America, by Shannon M. Monnat and Raeven Faye Chandler
Case Study: Immigration and New Rural Residents, by J. Celeste Lay
Part IV. Community and Societal Institutions8. Rural Poverty and Symbolic Capital: A Tale of Two Valleys, by Jennifer Sherman
Case Study: Symbolic Capital and Sources of Division in “Golden Valley,” California, and “Paradise Valley,” Washington, by Jennifer Sherman
9. The
Old Versus the
New Economies and Their Impacts, by Brian Thiede and Tim Slack
Case Study: Buoyancy on the Bayou—Louisiana Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, by Jill Ann Harrison
10. Food Insecurity and Housing Insecurity, by Alisha Coleman-Jensen and Barry Steffen
Case Study: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Rural West, by Sarah Whitley
11. The Environment and Health, by Danielle Christine Rhubart and Elyzabeth W. Engle
Case Study: The Environment and Health, by Michael Hendryx
12. Education and Information, by Catharine Biddle and Ian Mette
Case Study: Education, Economic Disadvantage, and Homeless Students in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Gas Region, by Kai A. Schafft
13. Crime, Punishment, and Spatial Inequality, by John M. Eason, L. Ash Smith, Jason Greenberg, Richard D. Abel, and Corey Sparks
Case Study: Violence Against Women in America’s Heartland, by Walter S. DeKeseredy and Amanda Hall-Sanchez
Part V. Programs, Policy, and Politics14. The Safety Net in Rural America, by Jennifer Warlick
15. The Opportunities and Limits of Economic Growth, by Gary Paul Green
16. Politics and Policy: Barriers and Opportunities for Rural Peoples, by Ann R. Tickamyer, Jennifer Sherman, and Jennifer Warlick
Contributors
Index
