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[...]... across the book is one that is informed by interactionist theory and ethnography, building upon the rising status of qualitative methods in rural geography, and offers an alternative to the popular approaches of political economy and postmodernism The emergence ofruralsociology lies with the origins ofthe discipline ofsociology itself towards the end ofthe nineteenth century The charge to explain the. .. to rural areas, and also to encourage students to explore the theory–method dialectic underpinning sociological studies ofrurallifeThe final chapter draws together the conclusions reached in each chapter to ask how the legacy left by rural researchers can further our conceptualisation ofthe discipline ofruralsociology Fundamentally, the text challenges whether there is a future for a rural sociology. .. chapter considers their work, the implications ofthe decline in agriculture as the key employer in rural areas, counterurbanisation and the phenomenon ofthe suburbs The absence ofrural research in one ofthe first American departments ofsociology is also briefly considered and the growth ofruralsociology in the 1930s and its emphasis upon social policy and empirical research are described The nature and... in the 100 years since the first analyses ofrural societies emerged to the degree that one should now speak ofrural sociologies? What future direction could a future sociologyoftherural pursue? Learning Tools The text offers a series of learning tools at the end of each chapter to enable students to self-assess their knowledge These take the form of a number of questions, brief biographies of key... a sociologyoftherural avoids theoretical and methodological stagnation The text concludes by drawing the debates in the preceding chapters together and looks, in an overview, at the future ofruralsociology It considers, in the light ofthe preceding discussion and case studies, whether sociology has a contribution to make to rural studies and what principles could inform such a sociology Has sociology. .. evocative of a rural way of life: The use of the word ‘organic’ emphasizes the elision between the aesthetic and the ecological on the one hand and the social on the other It obviously derives in part from its connotations with the land and fertility (Newby 1977a: 16) There are, perhaps, a few reasons underpinning Newby’s (1980) interpretation, which inverts the romanticised view of traditional ways of life. .. context and the directions that UK ruralsociology has most recently developed The particular concern is the long-term impact of the decline in the significance of the rural for sociologists and its implications for the future of a theoretically and methodologically sophisticated analysis of contemporary rurality Therefore, considering the importance attached to therural by key, founding thinkers in the history... significance of the rural for sociology Nevertheless, several useful concepts have emerged: locality, local social system and communion, although the exact nature of their interconnections remains unclear These concepts and the attention of other important figures, such as Durkheim and Weber, in the development ofsociology make therural worthy – if ambiguously – of sociological attention Soc ofRural Life. .. well as the patrimonialization ofthe public authorities had grown gradually on the soil of ancient liberty of the people The east, on the other hand, was a territory of colonization (Weber 1970: 376) Weber (1970) therefore suggested that the traditions of these two regions were different and that, for example, these manifested themselves in the way the land and peasants were managed For example, the ‘eastern... the replacement of Gemeinschaft by Gesellschaft relationships was ultimately a prerequisite ofthe rise of capitalism and hence ofthe rise of nineteenth-century industrial society In this sense, Tönnies (1955) provided an early critique ofthe impact of capitalism Soc ofRuralLife 28/4/07 8:38 am Page 9 The History ofRuralSociology • 9 upon human forms of association – the impact of macro structure . alt="" The Sociology of Rural Life Soc. of Rural Life 28/4/07 8:38 am Page i Soc. of Rural Life 28/4/07 8:38 am Page ii The Sociology of Rural Life Sam Hillyard Oxford • New York Soc. of Rural Life. 8) Newby sought a sociology of the rural that was also engaged with the business of theorising as ‘there can be no theory of rural society without a theory of society 1 Soc. of Rural Life 28/4/07. alternative to the popular approaches of political economy and postmodernism. The emergence of rural sociology lies with the origins of the discipline of soci- ology itself towards the end of the nineteenth