Rural And Urban Sociology Pdf

[Bethann Gendernalik]

Studentsin Urban Studies draw on multiple disciplines from across the curriculum in order to understand the social, political-economic, cultural and ecological processes of growth and decline that have shaped the structure and development of human settlements, from rural villages to metropolitan regions.

Discussions of urban sustainability often skip a key question: what do we think is worth sustaining? What kind of place delivers the desired quality of life, in a manner that is ecologically responsible, economically viable, socially equitable and democratic? How can we create human settlements that meet our needs, reflect our values and aspirations, and yet minimize their impact on climate change and global warming? What do we need to do to respond to changes already underway, to ensure that our communities are sustainable and resilient? All of this has only gotten more difficult in recent years, as we are ever more urgently required to accomplish more with less. This course explores some of the opportunities, strategies and obstacles to creating more sustainable cities and neighborhoods. The course will examine practical, place-based approaches to positive community transformation that avoid the pitfalls of heavy-handed planning, conventional development practice, regulatory bureaucracy, and unproductive local politics.

Urban sociology impresses by the vastness of its field, its richness, the collections of data, the sophistication of its theories, and by its failure to provide sociological rules of wide application. Its subject matter does not lend itself to simple treatment and many of its principal theories had to be rejected after testing (yet we still carry several of these like millstones around our necks). At this pace progress is slow and we hold no hope of catching up with the current world urban growth. Urban sociologists must take Queen of Hearts' advice and run with all their might to stay in the same place.

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Most recent book-length and comprehensive volumes on migration focus on international migration, with chapters on or some attention given to internal migration and rural-urban migration. While many international migrants do originate from rural areas and move to urban areas, the bulk of rural-urban migration in the world takes place as internal migration. In some countries, notably China and Vietnam, as Chan and Ren 2020 (cited under Impacts on Children) and Locke, et al. 2012 (cited under Impacts on Gender) note, respectively, a parallel exists between internal rural-urban migrants and international migrants because of their shared experiences, in that their political and social rights are tied to the place of origin, not the place of destination. Most of the publications selected for this section are relevant for migration studies in general, across the geographic scales of international, internal, and rural-urban, but they all pay special attention to rural-urban migration, especially labor migration. Clark 1986 is an early and classic volume that succinctly summarizes the fundamental concepts and methods for migration research. Boyle, et al. 2014 provides a good overview of data, definitional and methodological issues, as well as specific themes of migration. The difficulties in defining migration, securing quality data for migration, and ensuring comparability of definitions and data across countries are amplified in rural-urban migration, due to unstandardized and inconsistent definitions of rural and urban across regions and countries and over time. See also McGranahan and Satterthwaite 2014 (cited under Rural-Urban Migration and Urbanization). Mavroudi and Nagel 2016 provides a comprehensive overview of migration across the world, with important emphasis on migrant labor and experiences. Elmhirst 2017, Fan 2020, Mazumdar 1986, and White and Lindstrom 2005 are all entries in encyclopedias or handbooks of geography, population, or regional and urban economics, and they each highlight internal and rural-urban migration and migrants, including trends, urbanization, policy, economic and social themes, structural and household perspectives, and impacts of internal and rural-urban migration.

RSOC 2090 FOOD SYSTEMS: POLICY, PRODUCTION, AND PRACTICE (3) LEC. 3. Post farm gate transformation of raw commodities into edible food. Supply chain, policy, and consumption issues as they relate to processing, safety, nutrition, and waste in the U.S.

RSOC 3560 ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, AND JUSTICE (3) LEC. 3. The course focuses on micro and macro structures influencing environmental problems, and possible pathways for their resolution. The course introduces Environmental Sociology through an action-oriented approach to environmental problems.

RSOC 3620 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (3) LEC. 3. Analysis of social organization at the community level. Conceptual framework developed to examine both internal and external forces affecting urban as well as rural communities in the U.S., and to identify strategies to strengthen local capacity to adapt to changing social and economic environments.

RSOC 4910 DIRECTED FIELD EXPERIENCE (3) LEC. 3. Departmental approval. Structured intensive involvement within an agency or organization serving people in communities or rural areas. Supervision is shared between agency personnel and department faculty who plan, consult, discuss, and evaluate student activities and reports.

RSOC 4930 DIRECTED STUDIES (1-3) IND. Departmental approval. Individualized study of topics in rural sociology and community development, natural resources and environmental issues conducted in consultation with a faculty member. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.

RSOC 4960 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1-3) LEC. Departmental approval. Investigation of problems in rural sociology and community development, natural resources and environmental issues conducted in consultation with a faculty member. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.

RSOC 5190 SOCIOLOGY OF SUSTAINABLE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS (3) LEC. 3. Key trends in alternative production-consumption systems (e.g., rise of small/very-small production and processing, development and feasibility short and values-based supply chains; and food security, justice, equity, sovereignty, and democracy). May count either RSOC 5190 or RSOC 6190.

RSOC 5410 EXTENSION PROGRAMS AND METHODS (3) LEC. 3. An introduction to the Cooperative Extension System and other forms of educational outreach. Application of techniques used in extension and outreach planning and programming.

RSOC 5610 RURAL SOCIOLOGY (3) LEC. 3. Theories and conceptual approaches to rurality in international and domestic contexts. Rural-urban differences in demographic composition, occupational structure, attitudes, and values of rural people and regional cultures. Rural services and institutions as determinants of the quality of life.

RSOC 5640 SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (3) LEC. 3. Principles of applied social change at the community level in both industrialized and non-industrialized settings; impacts of economic and technological changes on urban and rural communities; citizen participation in community affairs.

RSOC 5650 SOCIOLOGY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (3) LEC. 3. The social origins of contemporary environmental problems, emergence of environmentalism as a social movement within industrialized nations, and other topical issues.

RSOC 6190 SOCIOLOGY OF SUSTAINABLE AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS (3) LEC. 3. This is an advanced course that will focus on key trends in alternative production-consumption systems (e.g., rise of small/very-small production and processing, development and feasibility short and values-based supply chains; and food security, justice, equity, sovereignty, and democracy).

RSOC 6410 EXTENSION PROGRAMS AND METHODS (3) LEC. 3. An introduction to the Cooperative Extension System and other forms of educational outreach. Application of techniques used in extension and outreach planning and programming.

RSOC 6510 SOCIAL WELFARE, FAMILY AND POVERTY (3) LEC. 3. Description for Bulletin: Measuring and explaining poverty and inequality and their effects on families and society; analysis of anti-poverty programs.

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