scholarly journals PROCESSES OF EXCLUSION AND NEW RURALITY: COMMUNITY CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF RURAL OLDER PEOPLE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S398-S399
Author(s):  
Sinead Keogh ◽  
Kieran Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Older People ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Community Change ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Using Data ◽  
New Rurality

Abstract Rural settings are sites of rapid change. Now sharing many of the processes that characterise their urban neighbourhood counterparts, older people’s rural communities, even those in remote locations, are being altered by forces driven by gentrification and population churn. While the potential for displacement is apparent, the extent to which older people respond to these processes is not well understood. The degree to which these shifting contexts produce new exclusionary mechanisms for older people to contend with and new opportunities for them to exploit has yet to be sufficiently explored. This paper aims to address the intersection of exclusion and community change in the production of a new rurality for older people. The analysis will 1) present an overview of the relevant international literature, and 2) highlight the current and emerging exclusionary processes that are impacting on the lives of older people using data from individual narratives and time-use diaries.

Social Capital, Labour Markets, and Job-Finding in Urban and Rural Regions: Comparing Paths to Employment in Prosperous Cities and Stressed Rural Communities in Canada,

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Matthews ◽  
Ravi Pendakur ◽  
Nathan Young
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Job Finding

This paper compares paths to employment (job-finding) in prosperous cities and economically-stressed rural communities in Canada. Since the pioneering work of Mark Granovetter (1973; 1974) , sociologists have investigated the role of social capital in job-finding (specifically, the use of strong and weak social ties to find out about employment opportunities). To date, however, there have been few direct comparisons of job-finding in urban and rural settings (see Lindsay et al., 2005 ; Wahba and Zenou, 2005 ). Using data from two major surveys and a qualitative interview project, we uncover several important differences in urban and rural paths to employment. First, we find that both strong and weak ties are used more frequently by rural residents to find a job, while city-dwellers rely more often on formal or impersonal means. Second, we find much stronger evidence of differentiation within rural regions. Long-time rural residents are much more likely to use strong and weak ties to find employment than are newcomers. However, rural residents who used weak ties as paths to employment have significantly lower incomes. None of these patterns are evident in the cities. Together, these findings lead us to conclude that job-finding in rural settings is strongly affected by constraints – in the labour market and in social capital resources – that are not present in cities.

scholarly journals Tackling Rural Health, Energy, … and Technological Issues All at Once: A Call for a Global Interdisciplinary Platform for Strengthening Rural Setting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Challenges ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Farshad Amiraslani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Research Studies

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has revealed flaws in rural settings where most people live without the necessary tools, income, and knowledge to tackle such unprecedented global challenges. Here, I argue that despite the research studies conducted on rural areas, these have not solved rising rural issues, notably poverty and illiteracy. I propound a global institute to be formed by governments that provides a platform for empowering rural communities through better training, skills, and competencies. Such global endeavour will ensure the remaining rural communities withstand future pandemics if they occur.

A time-use perspective of out-of-home activity participation by older people in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Sylvia Y. He ◽  
Sandip Chakrabarti ◽  
Yannie H.Y. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Older People ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Activity Participation

An Evaluation of the Differences between Big City and Small Town Special Education Services for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities in Kentucky

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pennington ◽  
Channon Horn ◽  
Amy Berrong
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Rural America ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Big City ◽  
Low Incidence

Researchers have suggested that educational programming for students with low incidence disabilities in rural settings may be limited. In the current study, researchers surveyed special education teachers across Kentucky and collected demographic data on two exemplar districts. Results indicated that differences existed between urban and rural districts on several variables but that some rural communities in Kentucky were able to overcome barriers to the provision of educational programming for students with low incidence disabilities prevalent in other parts of rural America.

Time Allocation Behavior of Twentieth-Century American Generations: GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (49) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annesha Enam ◽  
Karthik C. Konduri
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
American Heritage ◽  
Using Data

In recent years, time engagement behaviors of two generations, namely Baby Boomers and Millennials have sparked much interest because these generations constitute the bulk of the American population today and they also exhibit “atypical” activity–travel patterns compared with other generations. The objective of the current research is to conduct a systematic study of the time engagement behaviors of five American generations: the GI Generation (birth year: 1901–1924), the Silent Generation (birth year: 1925–1943), Baby Boomers (birth year: 1944–1964), Generation X (birth year: 1965–1981), and Millennials (birth year: 1982–2000). Particularly, the study aims at isolating heterogeneity in behaviors associated with structural changes in the society from those associated with inherent generational characteristics. Using data from four waves (1965, 1985, 2005, and 2012) of the American Heritage and Time Use Study, the analysis explores the time engagement behaviors while accounting for the age, period, and cohort effects in addition to different socioeconomic and demographic variables. The analysis reveals that Millennials have generally delayed participation in life-changing events such as marriage and workforce entry, and have exhibited prolonged student status compared with previous generations. Millennials show lower participation in work and higher participation in discretionary activities compared with individuals of the same age group from previous generations. On the other hand, Baby Boomers clearly exhibited increased travel engagement compared with the previous generations at different stages of their lives.

Features of Rural Communities in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa That Influence Well-Being of Older Persons

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 420-421
Author(s):  
Andrew Banda ◽  
Norah Keating ◽  
Jaco Hoffman ◽  
Jose Parodi ◽  
Nereide Curreri
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Older People ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract In their recent volume, Critical Rural Gerontology, Skinner et al (2021) challenge us to set aside unidimensional notions of rural communities as bypassed vs very supportive; and to identify the elements of rurality that empower or exclude older people and how these differ across cultures and settings. Covid-19 has highlighted the need for safe and inclusive communities. Given that LMIC will be home to the majority of older adults (Gonzales et al. 2015), we undertook a scoping review of features of rural communities that influence wellbeing of older people in countries across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The review included literature in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, using search engines MEDLINE, CINAHL Complete, PsycInfo, SocINDEX, SciELO, AJOL (Africa Journals Online), LILACS, Redalyc, LatinIndex and Clacso. Findings illustrate diversity in how community features including remoteness, infrastructure and belonging influence material, social and subjective wellbeing of older residents.

“Rural-Specific” Types of Childhood Trauma in Rural Communities

2016 ◽  
pp. 164-189
Author(s):  
Roberto Jose Velasquez ◽  
Yadira Juarez
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Childhood Trauma ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Latino Children ◽  
Pesticide Poisoning ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Labor Camps ◽  
Isolated Communities ◽  
The City

In this chapter, the authors discuss eight types of trauma that Latino children are likely to encounter by residing in rural or geographically-isolated communities. The authors contend that there exist more “rural-specific” types of childhood trauma that Latino children are at-risk for when compared to “urban-specific” types of trauma. For example, Latino children who reside in rural communities are more likely to traumatized by parental deportation, migrating from one town to another because parents follow the harvest, language brokering or translating for their parents, experiencing or witnessing farming accidents, relocating from the city to the country, isolation from extended family, pesticide poisoning of the child or a family member, and living in labor camps or substandard housing. It is important to note that Latino children, like children from other cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, can experience all types of trauma irrespective of whether they reside in urban or rural settings.

scholarly journals The out-of-home activities of older people in Hong Kong: A time-use study

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 807-810
Author(s):  
Sylvia Y. He ◽  
Sandip Chakrabarti ◽  
Yannie H.Y. Cheung ◽  
Winky W.K. Ngai
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Older People ◽  
Time Use

Language Death and Subject Expression: First-person-singular subjects in a declining dialect of Louisiana French

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-91
Author(s):  
KATIE CARMICHAEL ◽  
AARNES GUDMESTAD
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Potential Interaction ◽  
First Person ◽  
Language Death ◽  
Louisiana French ◽  
Sources Of Variation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Pronominal System ◽  
Fluent Speakers

ABSTRACTLouisiana French is undergoing gradual language death. In such situations, it is common to find increased variability and rapid change, as speakers use the language less often and in fewer domains (Wolfram 2004; Palosaari and Campbell 2011). These processes have been observed in the pronominal system of Louisiana French (Rottet 1996; Girard 2013), with both phonological and morphological sources of variation leading to an exceptionally large inventory of first-person-singular forms in the French of the Pointe-Au-Chien Indians of Pointe-Aux-Chênes, Louisiana. Using data from a translation task, we examine the range of forms used by French speakers from this community varying in age and fluency. We note a sharp distinction in forms used by fluent versus non-fluent speakers, with the latter making use of the non-clitic formmon. To answer the question of whymonis so common amongst non-fluent speakers in this task, we apply insights from the field of second language acquisition, considering the systems of these non-fluent speakers as autonomous and systematic. We ultimately propose a potential interaction between the previously documented phonological and morphological patterns observed in this community, influencing in the forms observed.

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