288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is dedicated to the people of rural America whose struggle to make community meaningful provides important lessons. It includes the contributors' prescription for the 1990s that calls for a renewal of action, development, and leadership on the part of local citizens and civic leaders.
Foreword -- Introduction -- Small Town Demographics: Current Patterns of Community Change -- Rethinking Assumptions About Farm and Community1 -- Timber-Dependent Communities1 -- Rapid Growth Effects on Rural Community Relations -- The Character and Prospects of Rural Community Health and Medical Care -- Education and Community -- Religion and Community -- Crime and Community -- Community Development -- Community Leadership -- Leadership and Implementation in Rural Economic Development1 -- Community and Social Change: How Do Small Communities Act? -- Barriers and Opportunities for Community Development: A Summary
