The Rural Review

An online journal produced in conjunction with the Rural Reconciliation Project.

Rural Reconciliation 5/30/23 Rural Reconciliation 5/30/23

Magnan et al.: Farmland Concentration across the Canadian Prairie

Rural Reconciliation 5/24/23 Rural Reconciliation 5/24/23

Call for Proposals: Fall 2023 Law & Rurality Workshop (Virtual)

Call for Proposals - Law & Rurality Workshop - Hosted Virtually Fall 2023

Rural Reconciliation 5/23/23 Rural Reconciliation 5/23/23

O’Shaughnessy et al.: Energy Justice Implications of Renewable Energy Project Siting

Rural Reconciliation 5/18/23 Rural Reconciliation 5/18/23

Roundup: May 18, 2023

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

Rural Reconciliation 5/3/23 Rural Reconciliation 5/3/23

Parker, Tach, & Robertson: Federal Place-Based Policies in Rural Communities

jess shoemaker 4/27/23 jess shoemaker 4/27/23

Roundup: April 27, 2023

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

Rural Reconciliation 4/21/23 Rural Reconciliation 4/21/23

Burghardt et al.: Road Network Evolution in Urban and Rural U.S.

Rural Reconciliation 4/18/23 Rural Reconciliation 4/18/23

Comfort: Political Macroenvironments and Cultural Information Protection

This digest summarizes recent research by Comfort on governmental communication within tribal nations in the US, with a focus on environmental and natural resource issues.

jess shoemaker 4/14/23 jess shoemaker 4/14/23

Roundup: April 14, 2023

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

Rural Reconciliation 4/10/23 Rural Reconciliation 4/10/23

Eisenberg: Rural Disaffection & the Regulatory State

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.

Rural Reconciliation 4/3/23 Rural Reconciliation 4/3/23

Brooks and Mueller: Mobile Home Prevalence in the USA

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.

Rural Reconciliation 3/27/23 Rural Reconciliation 3/27/23

Event Summary: Running Out of Water with Dr. Lucas Bessire

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.