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The Assertion of Identity in Rural Sociology
Author(s) -
Falk William W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
rural sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.083
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1549-0831
pISSN - 0036-0112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1996.tb00615.x
Subject(s) - assertion , sociology , identity (music) , rural sociology , social science , rural development , agriculture , geography , physics , archaeology , computer science , acoustics , programming language
Rural sociology has been closely tied to the research and policy agendas of America's land grant colleges and universities. Because of this, the contributions of rural sociologists have been more applied and focused than those of the discipline as a whole. The Rural Sociological Society serves as an important venue that unifies the discipline. Phenomenologically speaking, we are who we are because of where we are.