The Rural-Urban Interface: New Patterns of Spatial Interdependence and Inequality in America

America's rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic disparities in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasing...

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Published inThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 672; no. 1; pp. 6 - 25
Main Authors LICHTER, DANIEL T., ZILIAK, JAMES P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publishing 01.07.2017
SAGE Publications
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Boundaries
Cities
Economic development
Economic inequality
Elections
Geography
Inequality
Interdependence
Poverty
Presidential elections
Presidents
Public policy
Rural areas
Rural communities
Social inequality
Urban areas
Urbanization
United States > US
inequality
well-being
economic development
poverty
economic restructuring
community
urbanization
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Summary:America's rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic disparities in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasingly interdependent, both economically and socially. This new rural-urban interface is highlighted in this collection of articles, which are organized and developed around the general concept of changing symbolic and social boundaries. Rural-urban boundaries—how rural and urban people and places are defined and evaluated—reflect and reinforce institutional forces that maintain spatial inequality and existing social, economic, and political hierarchies. This volume makes clear that rural-urban boundaries are highly fluid and that this should be better reflected in research programs, in the topics that we choose to study, and in the way that public policy is implemented.
ISSN:0002-7162
1552-3349
DOI:10.1177/0002716217714180