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The Future of Rural America

Rural Studies Series of the Rural Sociological Society

Editorial Board

Chair, Ronald C. Wimberley, North Carolina University
Lorna Butler, Washington State University
William D. Clifford, North Carolina State University
Forrest A. Deseran, Louisiana State University
Donald R. Field, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda Lobao, Ohio State University

Rural Studies Series

The Future of Rural America: Anticipating Policies for Constructive Change, edited by Kenneth E. Pigg

Rural Policies for the 1990s, edited by Cornelia B. Flora and James A. Christenson

Electric Power for Rural Growth: How Electricity Affects Rural Life in Developing Countries, by Douglas F. Barnes

The Rural South in Crisis: Challenges for the Future, edited by Lionel J. Beaulieu

Research, Realpolitik, and Development in Korea: The State and the Green Revolution, by Larry L. Burmeister

Women and Farming: Changing Roles, Changing Structures, edited by Wava G. Haney and Jane B. Knowles

Whose Trees? Proprietary Dimensions of Forestry, edited by Louise Fortmann and John W. Bruce

My Own Boss? Class, Rationality, and the Family Farm, by Patrick H. Mooney

Agriculture and Community Change in the U.S.: The Congressional Research Reports, edited by Louis E. Swanson

Small Farms: Persistence with Legitimation, by Alessandro Bonanno

Family Farming in Europe and America, edited by Boguslaw Galeski and Eugene Wilkening

Studies in the Transformation of U.S. Agriculture, edited by A. Eugene Havens with Gregory Hooks, Patrick H. Mooney, and Max J. Pfeffer

Technology and Social Change in Rural Areas: A Festschrift for Eugene A. Wilkening, edited by Gene F. Summers

The Future of Rural America

Anticipating Policies for Constructive Change

edited by Kenneth E. Pigg

First published 1991 by Westview Press

Published 2019 by Routledge
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Copyright 1991 by the Rural Sociological Society

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Future of rural America: anticipating policies for constructive
change / edited by Kenneth E. Pigg.
p. cm.(Rural studies series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-8364-1
1. Rural developmentUnited States. 2. United StatesEconomic
policy1981 . 3. AgricultureEconomic aspectsUnited States.
4. Rural renewalUnited States. I. Pigg, Kenneth E. II. Series:
Rural studies series of the Rural Sociological Society.
HN90.C6F88 1991
302.1'412'0973dc20 91-16084
CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-29235-5 (hbk)

Contents

, Forrest A. Deseran

, Kenneth E. Pigg

, Frederick H. Buttel and Gilbert W. Gillespie, Jr.

, Emery N. Castle

, Edward J. Blakely

, Kenneth P. Wilkinson

, Mark Drabenstott

, Jerry L. Wade and Glen C. Pulver

, William R. Gillis

, W. Richard Goe and Martin Kenney

, Sonya Salomon

, Lorraine Garkovich

, Donald W. Littrell and Doris P. Littrell

, Jim Seroka and Seshan Subramaniam

, Robert Rodale and Karen Lehman

, Lawrence Busch

1. ii

Guide

1. Tables
2. Figures

The claim that rural areas in the United States are being left behind or passed by has become a cliche. This image is fostered by overwhelming evidence that many rural residents, when compared to their more urban counterparts, are increasingly feeing a wide array of problems, including those of employment, health care, education, and earnings. However, being left behind implies a dislocation from the economic and social mainstream of America, a situation certainly not applicable to rural areas any more than it is to central cities. The fortunes of rural America are inextricably tied to national and global socioeconomic trends. While it may not be accurate to say that rural America literally is being left behind, the fact remains that many policy makers approach rural problems as artifacts of the past, a past which no longer seems relevant to current social and economic forces. The chapters in this volume are important not only because they debunk the image of a rural society that is independent of larger socioeconomic conditions, but because they offer prescriptions for moving rural America into the future.

Kenneth Pigg has assembled an excellent collection of original works by an impressive cadre of experts on rural social and economic organization. The selection of chapters achieve a nice balance between conceptualization and application; they provide a timely and much-needed discussion of rural policy and the socioeconomic context within which such policy must operate. This volume in the Rural Studies Series of the Rural Sociological Society is an important contribution to the literature on rural development in the United States; hopefully it will be a catalyst for other works of this caliber.

Forrest A. Deseran, Community Editor
Rural Studies Series, Rural Sociological Society

It has been my pleasure to work with a distinguished, committed,and cooperative group of contributors to this volume. They have taught me how to perform the editing role and put up with innumerable and probably insufferable suggestions. I have been privileged to work with exceptionally fine individuals in this endeavor and will count that among my many blessings.

I must also acknowledge a considerable debt to George W. Nickolaus, formerly Dean of the College of Public and Community Service at the University of Missouri. As one who is committed to courage in the redress of intolerable situations, George provided me the opportunity, means, and support to complete this volume. Originally, it was his idea to address the future of rural America and the means by which that future might be secured. He extended me the professional courtesy and personal encouragement to pursue this endeavor. Thank you, George.

Finally, such a work cannot be accomplished without exemplary and patient staff support. Wendy Larson provided editorial assistance that produced an intelligible collection from a disparate assortment. Josie Wright and Jody Strutz produced both draft and final typescript with forgiving spirits and considerable technical skill.

Kenneth E. Pigg

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