Description: This book adds a crucial dimension to our understanding of social inequality, shedding welcome light on a long-neglected component of identity and society which has in recent years become increasingly visible and central in the current social and political climate of the United States and beyond.
Brief description: Gregory M. Fulkerson, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and Chair of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at SUNY Oneonta. Along with Dr. Alex Thomas, he is co-editor of the Urban-Rural Dynamics book series. He is the author of Community in Urban-Rural Systems, and co-author of City and Country, Urbanormativity, and Critical Rural Theory. His research focuses on social capital, community development, globalization, the environment, and urban-rural issues.
Review Quotes:
"Inequality at the Urban-Rural Nexus necessarily complicates prevailing understandings of identity-and through it, culture, economy, and politics-via place and time. Critically attending to the rural-urban nexus, this book creatively and expansively addresses both scholarly neglect and political indifference, urgently equipping us with a more nuanced, intersectional, and indeed relational regard for social inequality. I would expect nothing less from scholars who maintain such an innovative and well-respected commitment to how we know "city" and "country."" --Michele Statz, University of Minnesota
"In an insightful and well written book, three leaders in rural scholarship have created a well researched and creative reference work for introducing community to the rest of the world. This text needs to reside well read on scholars', graduate students', and library shelves. It should be required reading for every sociology class at the upper undergraduate and graduate level. The chapters will be cited for decades as a guide book to rural studies." --Casey Jakubowski, SUNY Oneonta