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Tables and Illustrations.. Preface.. PART I.. Components of Rural Community: Community Capitals.. 1 The Rural Landscape and the Importance of Place.. Defining Rural.. Defining Community.. Rural Communities and Change.. About This Book.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 2 Natural Capital.. Land Use.. Water Concerns.. Importance of Biodiversity.. Climate Change.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 3 Cultural Capital and Legacy.. What Is Legacy?.. Conflicting Cultural Capitals and Cultural Domination.. Social Class, Stratification, and Domination.. Legacy and the Family.. Transmitting Legacy through the Community.. Impact of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity.. Inequality: Whose Legacy?.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 4 Human Capital.. What Is Human Capital?.. Human Capital as Labor Force.. Building Human Capital.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 5 Social Capital and Community.. What Is Social Capital?.. Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Homogeneity or Inclusion?.. Entrepreneurial Social Infrastructure.. Conclusions.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 6 Political Capital.. Political Capital.. Power and Economic Interests.. Power Structure and Community Change.. Understanding Power Structure and Increasing the Political Capital of Excluded Groups.. Who Gains?.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 7 Financial Capital.. The Concept of Financial Capital.. Financial Capital and Community Needs.. Sources of Capital.. The Changing Rules of Financial Capital.. Business Financial Capital and Community.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 8 Built Capital.. Defining Built Capital.. Public Versus Private Provision of Built Capital.. Public Choices: Water Systems.. Private Choices: Solid Waste.. Federal Role: Making Linkages.. Motivation to Act.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References

PART 2.. 9 The Transformation of Community Capitals in a Changing World.. The Global Economy.. Rural Linkages to a World Economy.. Altering Globalization: The Growing Importance of Financial Capital.. Impact on Rural Areas.. Opportunities and Risks: Rural Areas in the Global Economy.. Beat 'Em or Join 'Em?.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 10 Consumption in Rural America.. Why Is Consumption Important?.. Consolidation.. Changes in the Labor Force.. Targeted Advertising and Segmented Markets.. Impacts of Increased Consumption.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 11 Governance.. What Is Governance?.. Organization and Functions of Local Governments.. Challenges Faced by Local Governments.. Providing Public Services: An Example of Collaboration.. Sustained Citizen Engagement.. Leveraging Regional Resources.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. 12 Generating Community Change.. Community and Development.. Models of Community Development.. Factors in Effective Change.. Approaches to Economic Development.. Chapter Summary.. Key Terms.. References.. Appendix.. Index

Communities in rural America are a complex mixture of peoples and cultures struggling to survive by implementing innovative approaches to their problems. These people range from miners who have been laid off in West Virginia, to Laotian immigrants relocating in Kansas to work at a beef processing plant, to entrepreneurs drawing up plans for a world-class ski resort in California's Sierra Nevada.This thoroughly revised edition of Rural Communities focuses on various capitals in rural areas-natural, cultural, human, social, political, financial, and built. This integrative approach provides students with a framework for understanding rural society based on the concepts and explanations of social science. Issues covered include racial and cultural diversity; globalization and rural communities; the central role of communities in organizing a sustainable future; and building community in the context of ubiquitous change. Updates to the third edition include a new chapter on governance, as well as new material on increasing tensions over international immigration, the differential impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on rural communities, and the rural impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the south. The authors also examine the international trade regime, economic restructuring, and the choices for communities and regions in the face of these changes. Inglés