Economic Restructuring and Family Well-Being in Rural America

About the author

Kristin E. Smith is a family demographer at the Carsey Institute and Research Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire.Ann R. Tickamyer is Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University.

Summary

A compilation of policy-relevant research by a multidisciplinary group of scholars on the state of families in rural America in the twenty-first century. Examines the impact of economic restructuring on rural Americans and provides policy recommendations for addressing the challenges they face.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kristin E. (University of New Hampshire) Smith (Editor), Smith Kristin E. (Editor), Ann R. (Penn State University) Tickamyer (Editor), Tickamyer Ann R. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2014
• EAN: 9780271048628
• ISBN: 978-0-271-04862-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: Karten, Schaubilder, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Rural Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Sociology: Birth, Rural communities / rural life