▪ Abstract One of the most profound changes in the United States in the past century is the
national abandonment of farming as a livelihood strategy. This change is evident both in the …

Sociologists have produced large, well‐known literatures on inequality across geographic
territory at two ends of the spatial scale continuum, within the city and across nation‐states …

This article discusses the potential for soft-governance instruments and processes such as
the National Gender Equality Strategy to implement a strategy aiming at improved …

In European Union countries most farms are operated by smallholders in extensive
agriculture and approximately 30% of agricultural farms are operated by woman. Despite the …

This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the basic characteristics of farm family
employment and of the relationship between immigrants” employment and changing gender …

We examine the association between woman farmers and community well‐being using US
county‐level data. We address modeling uncertainty around three measures of community …

There are few things that affect agricultural production more than changes in public policy
and weather. Agricultural policy and climate change are macro-level phenomena; they are …

Although sociologists have given increased attention to political responses of populations
experiencing economic restructuring, existing research remains conceptually limited …

Gendered relations in resource access and farming are two important intersecting themes of
gender studies in a northern rural context. However, conventional analysis and perceptions …

Although adult-use cannabis was legalized by state voters in 2016, more than two-thirds of
localities have opted to ban its cultivation. These bans are the most common local policy in …