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Wilkinson identifies characteristic rural conditions that block community development and the enhancement of economic, social, and educational opportunities for rural people.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Studying the Community in Rural America
The Community: An Interactional Approach
The Rural-Urban Variable in Community Research
The Community and Rural Well-Being
Rural Community Development
In Search of the Community in the Changing Countryside
References
Index

About the Author

KENNETH P. WILKINSON is Professor of Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University. He has written extensively on rural and community development, policy issues, social dysfunction in rural areas, and related topics.