Southern Rural Sociology The Journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Society Statement of Purpose
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. As an academic refereed journal, Southern Rural Sociology was established in 1983 to stimulate research on a wide range of rural issues that relate to the South. Areas of interest include rural economic restructuring, rural development, rural households in transition, the sociology of community, health, and poverty, rural labor market participation, agricultural restructuring, natural resource and environmental issues, agricultural and natural resource commodity systems, globalization of the agro-food system, race, gender, and class inequality. As a matter of editorial policy established by the SRSA's Executive Committee, the geographic focus of | |
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