SAGE Handbooks set a standard amongst compendia for fields within the social sciences...The book is well produced and includes an excellent index..one that will prove useful to graduate students...
Paul B. Thompson,
Michigan State University
This book raises the theoretical level of rural studies to new heights&the Handbook of Rural Studies will likely become a key resource on the bookshelves of the next generation of graduate students. Gary Paul Green,
University of Wisconsin-Madison This Handbook powerfully demonstrates that rural spaces, rural societies and rural natures are at the very forefront of critical social science endeavour. Read this book, become a rural social scientist.
Henry Buller, University of Exeter
An outstandingly comprehensive review of theory, research and the study of rural questions&an essential reference for students, scholars, politicians, developers and rural activists.
Imre Kovach, Institute for Political Sciences, Budapest
This collection is an essential addition to any rural scholar's library and will be a critical resource for both established rural scholars and rising graduate students interested in rural research topics.
Peter B. Nelson, Middlebury College
The Handbook of Rural Studies is a tour de force on changing rural people and places in a rapidly urbanizing global economy -- the most comprehensive interdisciplinary treatment of 'rural' available anywhere. This is absolutely must reading for social scientists concerned about finding a prl&
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