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Discovering the Uniqueness of Rural Communities: Making a Difference

UNIT 5 ECONOMIC BASE: MAKING A LIVIN

Making a Living Gary E. Farley

Appendix to Unit 5

Introduction

Readings

A History of the Family Farm RichardS. Kirkendall 5-1
Agricultural Ethics and Economics Paul B.Thompson 5-2
Conventional versus Alternative Agriculture: The Paradigmatic Roots of the Debate Curtis E. Beus and Riley E. Dunlap 5-3
A Quiz to Test Your Knowledge: Americans and Food Kathryn L. Lipton 5-4
Agricultural Industrialization: It=s Inevitable Thomas N. Urban 5-5
Biotechnology: The Future is Now Carl Hoffman 5-6
Economy and Pleasure Wendell Berry 5-7
Rural Areas Feel Effects of Macroeconomic Policy James R. Malley and Thomas F.Hady 5-8
What is the Payoff for Diversifying Rural Economies? Molly S. Killian and Thomas F. Hady 5-9
Nonmetro Counties Less Dependent on Farming, Manufacturing, and Mining Thomas F. Hady and Peggy J. Ross 5-10
The Wal-Martization of Rural America and Other Things Gary E. Farley 5-11
AGNOTES J. Joe Ford 5-12
The Farm Crisis is a Values Crisis Gregory D. Cusack 5-13
Ten Commandments for Farm Policy- And an Eleventh Harold F. Breimyer 5-14
Nonmetro Retirement Counties= Strengths and Weaknesses Richerd J. Reeder and Nina L. Glasgow 5-15
Rural Community Development Gene F. Summers 5-16
Population Pyramid - Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1930;  
Population Pyramid - Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1940;
Population Pyramid - Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1950;
Indian Population of Shawnee, Oklahoma by Decade, 1910-1980;
HMB 1990 Census Report for Pottawatomie 5-17

Projects

References

UNIT 6 DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP AND POWER

Leadership and Power Gary E. Farley

Readings

Small Town in Mass Society Arthur J. Vidich and Joseph Bensman 6-1
Leadership in a Small Town Aaron B. Wildavsky 6-2
The Jello Rule: Sociologists= Study Defines Small-town Life   6-3
Increasing Competence in Resolving Public Issues   6-4
The Sound of Silence Larry Lapierre 6-5
Lagging Growth and High Poverty: Do We Care? Kenneth L. Deavers 6-6
Two Sides of the Sunbelt: Economic Development in the Rural and Urban South Thomas A. Lyson and William W. Falk 6-7
Community Change in Rural America: Challenges for Community-Leadership Development Kenneth P. Wilkinson 6-8
Fact Sheet: Kings and Kingmakers (An Elite Model of Public Policymaking) Mary Ellen Wolf 6-9
Twenty Guidelines For Leadership Petty M. Smith 6-10
Social Action Process Applied to Community Problem Solving Robert E. Howell 6-11
Industrialization of Heartland Agriculture Gary E. Farley 6-12

Projects

References

UNIT 7 EFFECTING CHANGE

Effecting Change Gary E. Farley

Readings

Rural Community Development: Example of Applied Sociology Ted Napier and Michale Carter 7-1
The Significance of Community Development to Rural Economic Development Initiatives Vernon D. Ryan 7-2
Cooperative Extension System National Initiatives U.S. Department of Agriculture 7-3
Development: Its Secular Past and Its Uncertain Future Tom Sine 7-4
Rural Economic Development: Blueprint for Urbanizations CRA Newsletter 7-5
Who Will Control Rural America? David L. Ostendorf 7-6
Revitalizing Rural America Marty Strange 7-7
Economic Growth in Rural America Glen C. Pulver 7-8
Local Congregations and Economic Development Kim Zalent 7-9
Community-Based Economic Development Projects are Small but Valuable Gary P. Greer, Cornelia B. Flora, Jan L. Flora, and Frederick E. Schmidt 7-10
Inspiring Community Action: A Basic Small Town, Do-It-Yourself Approach R. T. Hester 7-11
Making the Connection Between Values and Community Development Strategies A.Flaccavento 7-12
Local Self-Development Strategies: National Survey Results Gary P. Green 7-13
Fragmentation, Moving Toward Consensus Ronald D. Knutson and Dennis U. Fisher 7-14
Spatial Redistribution of Poverty through Migration of Poor People to Depressed Rural Communities Janet M. Fitchen 7-15

Projects

References

AFTERWARD

Revised February 1997