{"product_id":"rural-poverty-in-the-united-states-9780231172226","title":"Rural Poverty in the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Geography and Demography of Rural America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Where Is Rural America and Who Lives There?, by Kenneth M. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e2. Poverty in Rural America Then and Now, by Bruce Weber and Kathleen Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Key Concepts and Issues for Understanding Rural Poverty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Measures of Poverty and Implications for Portraits of Rural Hardship, by Leif Jensen and Danielle Ely\u003cbr\u003e4. How to Explain Poverty?, by Ann R. Tickamyer and Emily J. Wornell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Vulnerable Populations in Rural Places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Changing Gender Roles and Rural Poverty, by Kristin Smith\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: \u003ci\u003eIn re Bow\u003c\/i\u003e, Nevada Supreme Court (1997), by Lisa R. Pruitt\u003cbr\u003e6. Racial Inequalities and Poverty in Rural America, by Mark H. Harvey\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Engaging Black Geographies—How Racism Continues to Produce Poverty within the Black Belt South, by Rosalind P. Harris\u003cbr\u003e7. Immigration Trends and Immigrant Poverty in Rural America, by Shannon M. Monnat and Raeven Faye Chandler\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Immigration and New Rural Residents, by J. Celeste Lay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Community and Societal Institutions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Rural Poverty and Symbolic Capital: A Tale of Two Valleys, by Jennifer Sherman\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Symbolic Capital and Sources of Division in “Golden Valley,” California, and “Paradise Valley,” Washington, by Jennifer Sherman\u003cbr\u003e9. The \u003ci\u003eOld \u003c\/i\u003eVersus the \u003ci\u003eNew \u003c\/i\u003eEconomies and Their Impacts, by Brian Thiede and Tim Slack\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Buoyancy on the Bayou—Louisiana Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, by Jill Ann Harrison\u003cbr\u003e10. Food Insecurity and Housing Insecurity, by Alisha Coleman-Jensen and Barry Steffen\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Rural West, by Sarah Whitley\u003cbr\u003e11. The Environment and Health, by Danielle Christine Rhubart and Elyzabeth W. Engle\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: The Environment and Health, by Michael Hendryx\u003cbr\u003e12. Education and Information, by Catharine Biddle and Ian Mette\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Education, Economic Disadvantage, and Homeless Students in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Gas Region, by Kai A. Schafft\u003cbr\u003e13. Crime, Punishment, and Spatial Inequality, by John M. Eason, L. Ash Smith, Jason Greenberg, Richard D. Abel, and Corey Sparks\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: Violence Against Women in America’s Heartland, by Walter S. DeKeseredy and Amanda Hall-Sanchez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Programs, Policy, and Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. The Safety Net in Rural America, by Jennifer Warlick\u003cbr\u003e15. The Opportunities and Limits of Economic Growth, by Gary Paul Green\u003cbr\u003e16. Politics and Policy: Barriers and Opportunities for Rural Peoples, by Ann R. Tickamyer, Jennifer Sherman, and Jennifer Warlick\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862511255895,"sku":"9780231172226","price":107.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231172226.jpg?v=1759917992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rural-poverty-in-the-united-states-9780231172226","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}