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3146 - Regular Session on Rural Sociology
Mon, August 12, 8:30 to 10:10am, Sheraton New York, Floor: Lower Level, BowerySession Submission Type: Paper Session 100min
Description
The Regular Session on Rural Sociology will address economic, political, cultural, and social issues affecting rural spaces, places, and peoples. The papers will discuss the relationship between microfinance and land dispossession in Cambodia, the politics of ‘pre-drilling’ in shale gas territory, the civic engagement of farmers who participate in local food systems, and anti-government political views in rural America.
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Individual Presentations
Contentious Baselining: The Politics of “Pre-Drilling” Environmental Measures in Shale Gas Territory - Abby J. Kinchy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Local food systems and civil society: Examining the civic engagement of farmers - Ethan D. Schoolman, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Loss, Change, and Political Understandings in Rural America - Jennifer Sherman, Washington State University
The Imperatives of Debt: Microfinance and Land Dispossession in Cambodia - W. Nathan Green, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Maryann Bylander, Lewis & Clark College