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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Servant leadership and members' well-being in China's village committees: A multilevel analysis of the serial mediating roles of serving culture and organization-based self-esteem” [J. Rural Stud. 121, January 2026, 103910]","authors":"Zhichao Qian , Xuebin Cao , Xiaoyu Li , Xiaoyi Wen","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"124 ","pages":"Article 104156"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147849667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reciprocal reconstruction of regulatory and capital power: A dynamic interaction between local governments and land buyers in rural land value capture","authors":"Weifang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Institutional rural land marketization reform has reshaped the traditional structure of rural land governance, breaking the long-standing government-dominated pattern of rural land value capture and fostering multi-stakeholder interactions. These dynamic power relations between local governments and land buyers in rural land value capture constitute a pivotal rural governance challenging field across transitional economies. Prior studies often remain trapped in a binary framing: they either portray local governments as absolute regulators while treating land buyers as passive rent-seekers, or reduce state-capital relations to a purely profit-driven market game. Grounded in neo-Gramscian state theory<strong>,</strong> this paper develops an integrated analytical framework of regulatory power and capital power to examine their interactive dynamics. Using a mixed-methods approach, I analyze 221 questionnaires combined with semi-structured interviews, covering 430 rural land transaction cases across five pilot counties/districts in China. The findings challenge prevailing binary perspectives: 1) their power relation represents a dynamic process of reciprocal reconstruction whereby regulatory power constrains capital power through institutional norms, while capital power drives adjustments of regulatory power via market feedback. 2) Institutional arrangements exert a pivotal moderating effect. 3) Their balanced power interaction enhances reform efficiency. 4) Their power interaction displays substantial spatial heterogeneous, shaped by regional institutional endowments and market maturity. This study enriches theoretical understanding of inter-sectoral rural governance, helps reconcile the tension between administrative intervention and market mechanism in institutional rural land marketization reform, and offers policy implications for alleviating land buyers’ investment constraints and optimizing local government land-based financing models in transitional economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"124 ","pages":"Article 104185"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147797888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Justifications for farm practices and animal welfare among Norwegian livestock farmers” [J. Rural Stud. 123 (2026) 104047]","authors":"Brit Logstein ,&nbsp;Kristian Ellingsen-Dalskau","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104159","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"124 ","pages":"Article 104159"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147849540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Entrepreneurial identity and farmers' protein crop cultivation choices” [J. Rural Stud., Volume 75 (2020) 174-184]","authors":"Hannele Suvanto ,&nbsp;Jarkko K. Niemi ,&nbsp;Merja Lähdesmäki","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"124 ","pages":"Article 104158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147849668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “Climate-smart agriculture & the impact of financial incentives on adoption: an econometric analysis” [J. Rural Stud., 123, March 2026, 104035]","authors":"Callum Alexander,&nbsp;Aiora Zabala,&nbsp;Andreas Kontoleon","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104194","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"124 ","pages":"Article 104194"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147849669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The development of entrepreneurship in rural policy over time: Evidence from Finland, 1991–2027","authors":"Teemu Makkonen,&nbsp;Mari Kattilakoski","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rural entrepreneurship has become an important scholarly topic. In the literature, it is often stated that entrepreneurship is increasingly regarded as a key policy target in rural development. However, previous research has not systematically mapped the evolution of entrepreneurship in rural policy to verify this notion. Here we investigate the changing importance and meaning given to entrepreneurship in the Finnish Rural Policy Programme, first drafted in 1991. Our analysis shows that, rather than gaining in popularity, the high importance given to entrepreneurship in Finnish rural policy has remained relatively stable over the years. What has changed are the connotations given to 1) entrepreneurship – from a target of sectoral interests that can collide with rural development to a generally accepted positive force of rural vitality, and 2) rural entrepreneurs – from mere innovation adopters to recognition of their innovative capacities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 104026"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146079843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Life, land and sea: Socioecological transitions in Shetland","authors":"Ilona Kater ,&nbsp;Andrew Garrick","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding how human societies and environments have co-evolved over long time periods is critical for informing sustainable resource management today. Using the Shetland Islands, UK, as a case study, this paper applies a socioecological lens to trace changing patterns of resource use from the post-glacial period to the present. Drawing on archaeological, historical, and geographical sources, we detail Shetland's socioecological transitions through a narrative approach, followed by a four-part analytical framework that captures key patterns, processes, and legacies in land-use change. It is shown that, despite relatively limited resources, Shetland has supported communities with diverse forms of resource use, including self-sufficient communities, trade-dependent societies, significant agrarian land use, pastoral communities, fishing-based economies, and feudal land management regimes. The analysis demonstrates that many ecological challenges on the islands derive not from fixed environmental limits, but from past societal decisions and policy regimes. Three key considerations for future resource management in Shetland that emerge from this history are outlined. More broadly, we argue that a deep historical perspective highlights both vulnerabilities and adaptive possibilities, and underscores the need for governance and planning rooted in place-specific socioecological realities. Such an approach can help communities everywhere navigate uncertainty and pursue pathways that are socially just, ecologically resilient, and sustainable over the long term.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 104048"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146079776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regular employees in agriculture: how to describe and improve their working conditions","authors":"Franziska Zimmert,&nbsp;Rita Saleh","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104036","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Farming in Switzerland is still mainly dependent on family work. Nevertheless, non-family employment is gaining importance, and farm managers have to think about recruiting methods, since a labor shortage can be observed in this sector. Due to the lack of relevant data, little is known about the working conditions of employees in agriculture. In this paper, we descriptively compare the working conditions of non-family employees at farms to those in the hospitality sector, which has similar working conditions and is a competitor in employment for the agriculture sector. Based on this analysis, we use linear regression to examine which factors determine the duration of employment in these two sectors. We use data from a 1 % representative sample of the Swiss resident population (2015–2020), which is mainly characterized by regular employment. Hence, we provide insights into a specific, comparatively less-studied subgroup: persons who are permanent residents and therefore partially integrated into national labour market institutions. While our dataset does not capture all qualitative facets of job quality, it does measure several core dimensions consistently, including wages, contractual and actual working hours, timing of work, and indicators related to employment stability. These measurable facets provide a transparent entry point for describing job quality patterns among farm employees and situating them within broader debates on decent work and social sustainability, responding to growing attention to labor standards in agriculture. Our analyses identify four key challenges for non-family employment in the agricultural sector: the high proportion of already retired employees, low wages, long working hours and a comparatively low level of education. Further, the results suggest that a higher income and fixed working time models are positively related to longer employment duration in farming.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 104036"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146079852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Precarity, belonging, and diagonalism: Rethinking raw milk advocacy beyond post-truth narratives","authors":"Michael Carolan","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Debates over raw milk in the United States are often viewed through a post-truth lens, seen as signs of anti-science attitudes, misinformation, or a lack of scientific understanding. Using data from thirty-eight in-depth interviews with raw milk advocates and participant observations of related events, this paper argues that instead of revealing an epistemic crisis, raw milk advocacy exposes an ontological one rooted in experiences of precariousness, institutional neglect, and the search for community. By combining feminist affect theory—specifically, Ahmed's affective economies, Hochschild's feeling rules, and Berlant's cruel optimism—with insights from critical rural studies, the analysis shows how emotions shape what is considered credible knowledge and which authorities are trusted. These affective geographies help explain why raw milk has become a point of connection across seemingly different perspectives, a dynamic called diagonalism: alliances that go beyond traditional political categories. By exploring how raw milk advocacy serves as a way for individuals to express vulnerability, distrust, and hopes for independence and care, the paper challenges deficit-model interventions that focus on correcting facts or boosting scientific literacy. The findings are then used to enrich debates in rural studies by demonstrating how phenomena central to this subfield, including issues like insecurity and corporate power, foster similar diagonal political alliances. The paper concludes by reflecting on how the analysis could be leveraged when approaching these parallel discussions beyond the U.S. context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 104031"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146036313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gendered cognition, intra-household preference divergence, and behavioral choice: How gender differences shape GM maize adoption in smallholder families","authors":"Yanfang Huang ,&nbsp;Minglong Zhang ,&nbsp;Fengying Nie ,&nbsp;Xianming Yang ,&nbsp;Xiangping Jia ,&nbsp;Kongming Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104083","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2026.104083","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agricultural extension research has paid insufficient attention to intra-household heterogeneity, resulting in promotion strategies that often treat farm households as homogeneous decision-making units. Based on paired survey data from 436 smallholder couples in Yunnan Province, China, this study constructs a “gender cognition<em>–</em>preference divergence<em>–</em>behavioral choice” analytical framework to systematically examine how intra-household gender-based cognitive differences trigger disputes over planting decisions through divergent perceptions of safety risks and benefit evaluations, ultimately influencing Genetically Modified (GM) Maize adoption behavior. The study reveals three key findings: (1) Significant gender asymmetry exists in technology risk-benefit assessment, with women demonstrating 3–5 times stronger safety risk perception than men (p &lt; 0.001). Their risk-inhibiting effect (−27.9%) substantially outweighs men's profit-promoting effect (+16.5%), consistent with the loss aversion principle in behavioral economics. (2) Household decisions exhibit gendered bargaining interactions, where cognitive differences create a “female risk veto → risk-priority bargaining (with a benefit-risk compensation threshold of 1.17) → adoption delay” pathway, collectively reducing technology adoption probability by 16.3 percentage points. (3) Household decision-making authority significantly moderates technology diffusion: male-dominant households exhibit a “patriarchal efficiency advantage” (Δ = −24.4), while female-dominant households display heightened risk sensitivity (Δ = −35.5). In contrast, joint-decision households develop a unique preference divergence-driven adoption pathway (+12 %). This study provides a theoretical foundation for designing gender-sensitive policies in agricultural technology extension, recommending optimized diffusion efficiency through differentiated communication strategies and participatory evaluation mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 104083"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147420770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}