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Rural Sociology
editRural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas although topical areas such as food and agriculture or natural resource access transcend traditional rural spatial boundaries[citation needed] (Sociology Guide 2011). It is an active academic field in much of the world, originating in the United States in the 1910s with close ties to the national Department of Agriculture and land-grant university colleges of agriculture.[1] Rural so
Other areas of study include rural migration and other demographic patterns, environmental sociology, amenity-led development, public-lands policies, so-called "boomtown" development, social disruption, the sociology of natural resources (including forests, mining, fishing and other areas), rural cultures and identities, rural health-care, and educational policies. Many rural sociologists work in the areas of development studies, community studies, community development, and environmental studies. Much of the research involves developing countries or the Third World.
History
editUnited States
editRural sociology was a concept first brought by Americans in response to the large amounts of people living and working on the grounds of farms. [2]
The origins of rural sociology came to be through needing to address its various problems and to study proper solutions. [3]
Rural sociology is a topic that has been highly associated within North America in areas of the plains and prairies. [4]
Rural sociology is also a result of government involvement in which they actively were involved in assisting the advancement of society through science. [2]
Rural sociology owes much credit on its advancement to rural sociologist during the Cold War years as it allowed for change through their previous work on other issues. [5]
The sociology of food and agriculture is one focus of rural sociology, and much of the field is dedicated to the economics of farm production.
Rural sociology was the first and for a time the largest branch of American sociology.
Histories of the field were popular in the 1950s and 1960s.[6][7]
- ^ Nelson, 1969
- ^ a b Lowe, Philip (2010). "Enacting Rural Sociology: Or what are the Creativity Claims of the Engaged Sciences?". Sociologia Ruralis. 50 (4): 311–330. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9523.2010.00522.x. ISSN 1467-9523.
- ^ Sharma, Rajendra Kumar (1997). Rural Sociology. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-7156-671-6.
- ^ Gałęski, Bogusław; Worsley, Peter (1972). Basic Concepts of Rural Sociology. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-0432-2.
- ^ Newby, Howard (1983). "The Sociology of Agriculture: Toward a New Rural Sociology". Annual Review of Sociology. 9: 67–81. ISSN 0360-0572.
- ^ Lowry Nelson, Rural Sociology: Its Origins and Growth in the United States (1969)
- ^ Edmund deS. Brunner, The Growth of a Science: A Half-Century of Rural Sociological Research in the United States (1957)