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Rural sociology, the Glossary

Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas.^[1]

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Agricultural extension

Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.

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Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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American Sociological Association

The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology.

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Boomtown

A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch.

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Carle C. Zimmerman

Carle Clark Zimmerman (April 10, 1897February 7, 1983) was an American sociologist, and an inaugural member of Harvard University's Department of Sociology.

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The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities.

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Community studies is an academic field drawing on both sociology and anthropology and the social research methods of ethnography and participant observation in the study of community.

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Demography

Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.

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Developing country

A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.

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Development studies

Development studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social science.

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Environmental sociology

Environmental sociology is the study of interactions between societies and their natural environment.

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Environmental studies

Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment.

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Fei Xiaotong

Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung (November 2, 1910 – April 24, 2005) was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist.

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Food

Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsOrganisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura.

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Food studies

Food studies is the critical examination of food and its contexts within science, art, history, society, and other fields.

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Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances (Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal, the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860.

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Identity is the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or a group.

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International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards.

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Journal of Agrarian Change

The Journal of Agrarian Change is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 2001 covering agrarian political economy.

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Journal of Rural Studies

Journal of Rural Studies is a peer reviewed social science journal published by Elsevier B.V. (originally Pergamon Press).

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Land-grant university

A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.

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Natural resource

Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.

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Pitirim Sorokin

Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (Питири́м Алекса́ндрович Соро́кин; – 10 February 1968) was a Russian American sociologist and political activist, who contributed to the social cycle theory.

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Regional science

Regional science is a field of the social sciences concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are specifically urban, rural, or regional.

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Resort town

A resort town, resort city or resort destination is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.

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Rural area

In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.

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Rural development

Rural development is the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas.

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Rural ghetto

The term rural ghetto describes the influx of poverty and neglect in the small towns of Midwestern, South Central United States, Southeastern United States and Northeastern United States.

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Rural health

In medicine, rural health or rural medicine is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in rural environments.

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Rural history

In historiography, rural history is a field of study focusing on the history of societies in rural areas.

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Rural Sociological Society

The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) is a professional social science association that promotes the generation, application, and dissemination of sociological knowledge.

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Rural Sociology (journal)

Rural Sociology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering rural sociology.

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Rurality

Rurality is used as an expression of different rural areas as not being homogeneously defined.

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Social disruption is a term used in sociology to describe the alteration, dysfunction or breakdown of social life, often in a community setting.

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Sociologia Ruralis

Sociologia Ruralis is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering social-science research on rural areas and related issues with a focus on social, political and cultural aspects of rural development, including class, economics, government, and poverty.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

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Sociology of disaster

Sociology of disaster or sociological disaster research is a sub-field of sociology that explores the social relations amongst both natural and human-made disasters.

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The Journal of Peasant Studies

The Journal of Peasant Studies, subtitled Critical Perspectives on Rural Politics and Development, is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into the social structures, institutions, actors, and processes of change in the rural areas of the developing world.

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Third World

The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_sociology

Also known as Development sociology, Rural Society, Sociology of agriculture.

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