A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items.

This digest summarizes recent legal scholarship by Ann Eisenbergy article that argues we should take seriously rural political alienation and disaffection as symptoms, at least in part, of legitimate objections to both regulatory overreach and, in some cases, abandonment. She frames rural tensions as calling for a response based on governmental legitimacy and fairness for all.

This digest summarizes recent research evaluating why mobile homes are prevelant in some communities but not other. Economic precarity is the most significant factor, but other influences also exist, including year-round temperatures, labor force participation, unemployment, and employment in natural resource industries.

This event summary reflects on the first event in our Land & Water program series, with Dr. Bessire sharing his work on the personal and emotional dimensions of aquifer depletion in southwestern Kansas.

A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items.

This digest explores recent work by Magnus and Sherrick on the powerful role of rural churches not only in providing essential social services but, also, setting social policy in rural communities.