Community in Urban-Rural Systems - (Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics) by Gregory M Fulkerson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Fulkerson provides a contemporary, in-depth understanding of communities that is useful for research, planning, and development purposes.
- About the Author: Gregory Fulkerson is professor and chair of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
- 194 Pages
- Political Science, Public Policy
- Series Name: Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
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About the Book
Fulkerson provides a contemporary, in-depth understanding of communities that is useful for research, planning, and development purposes. His approach incorporates and builds on the urban-rural dynamics approach centered on the urban-rural sys
Book Synopsis
Fulkerson provides a contemporary, in-depth understanding of communities that is useful for research, planning, and development purposes. His approach incorporates and builds on the urban-rural dynamics approach centered on the urban-rural system concept, making it relevant to urban and rural scholars.
Review Quotes
"Fulkerson's work is always theoretically sound, and this book is no exception, but this entry into urban-rural scholarship makes practical sense as well. He advances an approach to strengthening communities--a task few social scientists have taken on--and he does so in a way that acknowledges the geographic, economic, cultural and political realities of people who live in these places. These applied contributions make the book invaluable for social scientists, regional planners, and anyone who seeks to be engaged in building stronger, sustainable communities."
"Gregory M. Fulkerson's new book does an admirable job in drawing from a range of classical and contemporary sources and multiple scholarly disciplines to provide a useful set of frameworks for thinking about rural people and places in an urbanizing world."
Fulkerson, a sociologist whose work focuses on globalization, rurality, community, agriculture, and the environment, aims to promote systemic understanding of the relationships that tie together urban and rural areas. In this volume he explicates the issues surrounding the seeming powerlessness and dependence of rural areas in relation to urban areas in an urban-oriented global world. It brings together a wide range of literature relevant to how humans organize themselves economically, politically, and socially. An important dimension of this discussion is the concept of environmental sustainability. Including an extensive bibliography and a very good concluding chapter summarizing the arguments, this is an excellent work for both students of community and community development practitioners. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals
About the Author
Gregory Fulkerson is professor and chair of sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
