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Measuring Perceptions of Rural America: An Integration of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis 测量美国农村的观念：探索性和验证性因素分析的整合

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RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70040

Cara Lawson, Peng Lu, Courtney Meyers

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Is Rural America Older Than Urban America? The Answer Depends on the Decade 美国农村比城市老吗？答案取决于十年

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-10 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70041

Matthew M. Brooks

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On Repeat? The Logic of Agricultural Modernization, the Choices of Tanzanian Small‐Scale Farmers, and Implications for the Second Green Revolution 在重复吗?农业现代化的逻辑、坦桑尼亚小农的选择及其对第二次绿色革命的启示

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70033

Daniel Tobin, Lizah Makombore, Travis W. Reynolds, Leland L. Glenna

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Landowner Perspectives on Large‐Scale Solar Leasing: Decision‐Making and Agricultural Implications in Rural New York State 土地所有者对大规模太阳能租赁的看法：纽约州农村的决策和农业影响

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70038

Kathryn Bills Walsh, Richard Stedman, David Kay

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Beyond “Deaths of Despair”: Narratives of Distress and Risk‐Taking Behaviors Among Rural Working‐Class Men 超越“绝望的死亡”：农村工人阶级男性的痛苦和冒险行为的叙述

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70037

Maleah Fekete

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Will Work for Food: Labor Across the Food Chain, By Laura‐AnneMinkoff‐Zern and Teresa M.Mares, Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2025. 320 pp. $29.95 (paper). ISBN: 978‐0‐52‐039161‐1 《为食物而工作：跨越食物链的劳动力》，作者劳拉·安妮·明可夫·泽恩和特蕾莎·m·马雷斯，加州奥克兰：加州大学出版社，2025年。320页，29.95美元（纸质版）。ISBN: 978量0检测52 039161量

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70039

Jordan Davey, Daniel Jaffee

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Conditions of Possibility for Deep Social Change—Imaginaries Concerning Normality in a Finnish Online Discussion on Self‐Sufficiency 深层社会变革的可能性条件——芬兰关于自给自足的在线讨论中关于常态的想象

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70036

Olli Herranen, Tere Vadén

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The Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Finding Common Ground at the Crossroads of Immigration and Labor Policy 农场劳动力现代化法案：在移民和劳工政策的十字路口找到共同点

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70035

Margaret Gray, Julie C. Keller, Molly Graver

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A Not‐So‐Just Transition? Examining the Effects of Coal Sector Decline on Life Expectancy in U.S. Counties 一个不太公正的过渡？研究美国各县煤炭行业衰退对预期寿命的影响

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70034

Ryan P. Thombs, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Mary D. Willis

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The Rural Lawyer: How to Incentivize Rural Law Practice and Help Small Communities ThriveBy HannahHaksgaard, Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2025. 204 pp. $30.99. ISBN: 978‐1‐00‐954284‐5 乡村律师：如何激励乡村法律实践，帮助小社区繁荣汉娜哈克斯加德，剑桥，英国纽约：剑桥大学出版社，2025。204页，30.99美元。ISBN: 978量1 00应承担954284量

IF 2.3 3区社会学

RURAL SOCIOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1111/ruso.70031

K. Aleks Schaefer, Brian R. Farrell

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