Rural Sociology back issues from March 2008:
Presidential Address: Rural Sociology at the Crossroads*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT A complex array of socio-historical, demographic, and organizational factors have combined in recent years to threaten both the current status of and future prospects for the discipline of rural sociology, and for the Rural Sociological Society (RSS). This paper examines the somewhat ...
Cry Wolf!: Narratives of Wolf Recovery in France and Norway*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Due to strict protection through the last decades, wolves have returned to many areas from which they have been absent for a long time. This is a conservation success story, but the wolves also cause conflicts wherever they arrive. We have studied the situation in southeastern Norway ...
Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks
Mar 01, 2008; ... Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks, by Keith Douglas Warner. The MIT Press, 2007. 273 pp. $25.00 (paper). ISBN: 0-262-73180-0. In his new book Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks, Keith Douglas ...
Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life
Mar 01, 2008; ... Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life, by Hugh Campbell, Michael Mayerfield Bell, and Margaret Finney, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006. 322 pp. $30 (paper). ISBN: 0-271-02875-0. Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life is an engaging overview of masculinity in rural places, ...
Service Delivery to Rural Older Adults: Research, Policy, and Practice
Mar 01, 2008; ... Service Delivery to Rural Older Adults: Research, Policy, and Practice, by R. Turner Goins and John A. Krout, New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2006. 267 pp. $46.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-8261-0227-1. The editors of this volume focus on the distinct problems of rural older adults in ...
Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival
Mar 01, 2008; ... Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival, by Daniel Jaffee, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 331 pp. $21.95 (paper). ISBN: 978-0-520-24959-2. Coffee is the biggest fair trade commodity in global terms by a wide margin, and over the last few years it ...
Movimientos Sociales de los Trabajadores Agrícolas Asalariados en el noroeste de México, 1970-1995
Mar 01, 2008; ... Movimientos Sociales de los Trabajadores Agrícolas Asalariados en el noroeste de México, 1970-1995, by Florencio Posadas Segura, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Rosales, Sinaloa, 2005. 794 pp. ISBN: 970-660-120-1. Hablar del campesinado en Latinoamérica es hablar de lucha de ...
Profiling Participative Residents in Western Communities*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Differences between old-timers and newcomers and their effects on community social dimensions have been the object of much research. These studies have shown how extensive in-migration of people with different socioeconomic backgrounds, values, and perspectives contribute to heightened ...
The Use of Frames Analysis in Evaluating Capacity-Building in Local Coastal Programs in Louisiana*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Frames theory has been widely used to explain the dynamics of group processes and decision-making. Some researchers have applied frames theory to policy adoption and implementation. Following from this, my research applies frames analysis to a regulatory program in coastal Louisiana ....
The Reflexive Producer: The Influence of Farmer Knowledge Upon the Use of Bt Corn*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This paper examines the influence of farmer knowledge upon decision making processes. Drawing upon the sociological debates around the ideas of reflexive modernity and biotechnology as well as from classic adoption and diffusion studies, I explore the influences upon farmers' use of ...
Agricultural Exports and the Environment: A Cross-National Study of Fertilizer and Pesticide Consumption*
Mar 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The mass consumption of agrochemicals, including manufactured fertilizers and pesticides, by industrialized agricultural systems worldwide threatens human health and the health of ecosystems. The production of these agricultural inputs is a highly energy- and capital-intensive process, ...