Test 1 Flashcards
Giving a place a particular characteristic, thus, naming it suggests what?
how people and institutions act towards it.
When governments establish labels for places what happens, and why do they do it?
Mainly for administrative purposes, so they can figure out who/ what places are elligible for certain gov programs
How is Rural defined in a consumer society?
often by what one shops for
What was the definition of rural pre-globalization?
small size and isolation combined to produce relatively homogeneous cultures, with economies based on natural resources and a strong sense of local identity.
What are some things that have changed rural communities?
Globalization, connectivity, and lifestyle changes with shifting income distributions. They are neither isolated or homogeneous as they once were
In relation to Rural what does Isolation mean?
A sense that rural people live out there whole lives in the towns which they were born.
Has Isolation been true for all rural people?
No. Loggers, farmers miners routinely moved to wherever they could find work and land, however, some rural people were isolated.
In relation to Isolation in rural areas why is Mcdowell county a good example of this?
Because they lived in the hollows in the hill living on game (animals they hunted) and part time work, cutting wood or doing construction.
What has altered rural communtities isolation?
canals, railways, highways, airways.
What have improved road systems done to rural areas?
occupation and spending patterns
Do people in urban areas often commute to work?
yes. they live in one town and commute to another
Where do urban people buy their products?
suburban areas like malls
In regions where no metropolitan area exists where do people purchase products and obtain services?
small towns have become a sort of regional trade center. for example nelson county people going to lovingston, or charlottesville
What has had an immense impact on reducing isolation?
Communication technologies- blogs and twitter, rural residents can watch tv shows that enrich their lives and their intellect.
Communication technologies have made rural areas…?
as literate informed and enriched as their Urban counterparts
Communities that are rural and remote and are persistenly poor are what..?
Much more isolated then than rural residents in areas of urban sprawl and high rural amenities.
In relation to definitions of rural what are the three overarching catergories?
County designations, place, and eligibility designations
In relation to County Designations, what would define a metropolitan counties?
Over 50,000 people within a county, mostly in an urban core.
In relation to County Designations what is a Nonmeteropolitan county defined as?
Those with fewer than 50,000 and no urban core.
In relation to country designations. What is defined as a micropolitan?
10,000 to 49,000 with an urban core
In relation to Place designations What is considered rural on the US census?
Open countryside or towns of fewer than 2,500 outside urbanized residents
In relation to place designations what is considered rural based on Statistics Canada?
Nonurban: not continously built up areas with population of 1,000 or more and a densityu of fewer than 400 people per squarekilometer
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, Rural housing
20,000 or fewer
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, telecomm loans?
5,000 or fewer
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, water and waste grants?
10,000 or fewer
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, intermediary relending loans?
25,000 or fewer
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, rural business programas?
50,000 or fewer outside a metropolitan area
In relation to eligibility designation what are the Sample population cutoffs for qualifying for the rural program, electric (prior to and beyond 2000)
before 2000- 1500 or less
beyond 2000- 2500 or fewer
What brought europeans africans and asians to rural america?
Commercial/ industrial intrests. and national intrests encourged them to settle land.
Socilogits use the term in a few ways but they all relate around what topic?
groups of people
What are three definitions socilogists use to define community??
- a place/ location where people interact with one another
- social system, the organizatio n or set of organizations where a group or people meet their needs
- shared sense of identity
The concept of community is often based on what?
a shared sense of place
In relation to community what does a shared sense of place entail?
relationships with people, cultures, and environments (both natural and built) associated with a particular area.
Was there a time when rural commhnities turned to their communities for everuthing?
Yes, people lived, worked, worshipped, shopped banked, sent their children to school and socialized in the same place.
What are three elements of commuinity?
location social system and identity, they are increasingly seperate
in the past what did community offer in rural areas?
a place that housed both social institutions (schools churches govs. business) through which peoples needs were met and a shared sense of identity was created.
What has improved transportation and telecommunication done to communities?
Made people more mobile and put people in touch with a wider circle of aquaintences.
For some, a sense of community comes from, those who do similar things or share common values not from..?
Those living in the same town.
What are two communities this book explores?
communities of interedt and place.
In the book, it mentions a community may not provide a social system where the needs of its members are met or a sense of identity but what it does provide is?
Locality
What is locality?
a geographically defined place where people interact. the way people interact shape the structures and institutions of the locality those
In relation to locality, the way people interact shape?
the structures and institutions of the locality, and those structures and institutions in turn shape the activities of those people who interact.
Every community no matter how poor has resources. When those resources - or assets- are invested to create new resources they become what?
capital.
What do the seven capitals individually and together contrubute or detract from?
Sustainable communities
What are sustainable communities?
Strive to bring economic security to all, foster a healthy ecosystem, and offer social inclusion to all residents.
What is Dercapitalized?
When one capital is emphasized over all others. The economy, environment or social equoty is thus comprimised
What is Natural Capital?
Includes water air, soil, wildlife, vegitation, lanscape, provides us with possibilities and limits of community sustainablity
What is natural capital inflienced by/ what does it do?
Influenced by human activities, and infliences human activity, and forms the basis for all the other capitals.
What is cultural capital?
determines a groups world view, how it see’s the w0orls how the seen is connected to the unseen, what is valued, and what things groups think is possible for change
What is Social capital?
Who you know, your connections.involves mutual trust, relationships, , groups collecgtive identity, working together.
What is bonding and bridging social capital?
Bonding- interactions within s0pecific group
bridging- interaqctions among social groups
What is political capital?
ability of community to turn its norms and values into standards (which are then translated to rules and regs which determine the distribution of resources.
What is financial capital?
Includes savings, bonds, invbestment, liquid cash, , income, wealth
What is Built capital?
Human constructed infrastructure: built capital can cause deteriotation of other capital wihout regard for its consequences
What does built capital include?
Oil pipelines, highways, railways, technologies, bridges, chemicals, factories.
What is legacy?
What families or communities pass down from generation to generation in the form of all capitals.
What two words embody the Rural-Urban divide?
Gemeinschaft, and Gesellschaft
What is Gemeinschaft?
Reffers to a society based on personal relationships and face to face interactions, in which social relations are valued as an end or goal
What is Gesellschaft?
Descirbes a society based on impersonal, formal, and contractual relationships. Social relations are a mean to an end.
What do sociologists argue about those who are in modern day cities?
That they organize themselves in a variety of smaller social groups or smaller communities
What do modern day sociologists say in regard to isolation and rural cities today?
That improved transportation and Information Technology commuications allow them t trancend their local communities and be apart of different social groups outside of the one they grew up in. lessing dependence on a single group and reducing isolation
Communities may have what…?
Political (governments) environmental (water-sheds) social and cultural boundaries.
The changes in rural america can best be understood by what?
Examining the major institutional actors in market, state, and civil societies `
What are markets?
the many firms and corporations that exchange goods and services for a profit. These connsist of profit maximizing orgs. Farms, Cooperatives, and transnational firms are all apart of the market sector
What is the State?
Something that makes markets possibles, is complicit to neoliberal market and firm practices. Creates legislation to allow markets and firms to move freely and concentrate finanacial capital in the hands of a few which the state believes is good for public welfae.
The state includes what…?
Local, state, national, and international governments, which all include legislative, executive, and judiciary branches.