Rural places in the Global North are transforming. Geographies of capital accumulation and
distribution, environmental catastrophe, the global restructuring of food production, and state …

The phenomenon and implications of stigma have been recognized across many contexts
and in relation to many discrete issues or conditions. The notion of spatial stigma has been …

Drought has always had a historical presence in 'rural'Australia and is predicted to intensify
in frequency and duration due to climate change. We argue here that the creeping havoc …

In nations where colonialism persists such as Australia, scholars have identified the
hegemony of a morally infused white farming imaginary. While this construction has …

Rural Sociology has failed to incorporate Settler‐colonialism and Indigenous theory in
studying rural social relations. This presents a serious gap in the discipline's …

This paper examines how white rural identities have been historically produced and
transformed over time as a result of colonial migration regimes, the racialisation of labour …

The paper investigates the role of social capital in hazard management in a case area which
was overwhelmingly swept by flood in mid-2021. The interplay among social capital, hazard …

Historically and now, the rural is frequently relegated to the periphery of broader public and
policy debates, and within the discipline of sociology. At this moment in time, where the …

This paper adopts the concept of governmentality to understand a form of power at play
within recent policymaking practices relating to rural higher education in Australia. While …

Farming women have rarely been the focus of scholarly work on drought and/or distress.
This article focuses on farming women's lived experience of drought and distress, drawing …