Rural Sociology, Sociology of Agriculture And Sociology of Food

Journals - Rural Sociology, Sociology of Agriculture And Food

Southern Rural Sociology is the official journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. The SRSA is a section of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, an organization of researchers and Extension staff in 1862 and 1890 land grant colleges and universities in the South. The SRSA is not, however, limited in its membership to people who work at land grant institutions. Membership of the SRSA is drawn from a range of social science interests and disciplines, as well as from the ranks of those involved in the promoting social change. - ag.auburn.edu/srs/journal/

The Journal Rural Sociology Society provides a forum for cutting edge research that explores inter-disciplinary approaches to emerging issues, new approaches to older questions and material, and policy relevant discussions of rural development, environmental impacts, the structure of food and agricultural production, and rural-urban linkages. In addition to its long-time interest in sociological approaches to rural policy challenges, RS also emphasizes a variety of other issues such as community revitalization and rural demographic changes. - ruralsociology.org/pubs/RuralSociology/

Journal of Rural Cooperation
The Journal was founded in 1973 as a professional magazine devoted to the study of rural cooperatives with particular emphasis on the interaction with the community and, more recently, the social economy. In 1998 the JRC marked its 25th Anniversary with a special issue entitled Rural Cooperatives Toward the Next Century: from Traditional Roles to New Local and Global Challenges. - ag.auburn.edu/irsa/circom/

Journal of Rural Community Psychology
JRCP is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in electronic form, and is devoted to sociological, psychological and mental health issues in rural and small community settings. - marshall.edu/jrcp/index.html

Rural Society Journal
Rural Society is the journal of research into rural and regional social issues, published three times a year by the Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University. Although designed to be accessible to a broad readership, it is a fully refereed academic journal, which is recognised by DEST for the purposes of Research Data Collection and is included in the Register of Refereed Journals. Topics covered in Rural Society have included the rural media; small town development; rural gender issues; agricultural restructuring; heritage and tourism; youth and ageing in rural areas and many other rural related topics. Journal of rural social issues, published three times a year by the Centre for Rural Social Research. Peer-reviewed, three issues a year. Tables of contents, abstracts and some articles available on-line. - csu.edu.au/research/crsr/rursoc.htm