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Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that work to devalue the rural and advocates for a rural justice ethic that reverses the present course.
Sommario
Preface
Introduction to Urbanormativity
Part I: The Reality
Chapter 1: The Urbanizing Planet
Chapter 2: Distance and Interaction
Chapter 3: Urban-Rural Oikos: Economy and Ecology
Part II: The Representation
Chapter 4: Cultural Capital and Urbanormativity
Chapter 5: Population Imagination
Chapter 6: Rustic and Urbane Identity
Part III: Everyday Life
Chapter 7: Policy and Law
Chapter 8: Urbanormative Communities
Chapter 9: A Rural Justice Ethic
Conclusion
References
Info autore
Gregory M. Fulkerson, Ph.D., is professor of sociology and chair of geography and environmental sustainability at SUNY Oneonta. Along with Dr. Alex Thomas, he is co-editor of the Urban-Rural Dynamics book series. He is the author of Community in Urban-Rural Systems, and co-author of City and Country, Urbanormativity, and Critical Rural Theory. His research focuses on social capital, community development, globalization, the environment, and urban-rural issues.Alexander R. Thomas, Ph.D., is professor of sociology at SUNY Oneonta. He is co-editor, with Dr. Gregory Fulkerson, of the Urban-Rural Dynamics book series. He has published numerous books and articles on cities and their relationship with the countryside, including In Gotham's Shadow, The Evolution of the Ancient City, and Critical Rural Theory. He is also author of the newly released book The Sociological Predicament.
Riassunto
Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that work to devalue the rural and advocates for a rural justice ethic that reverses the present course.
