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This 4 page paper considers the book “The Community in Rural America,” a work about the sociological aspects of community and how it is defined in ruralAmerica, by Kenneth P. Wilkinson. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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book is situated within the general sociological context of an attempt to understand what the term "community" means when applied to rural America. This requires an understanding of several concepts
including community, rural, urban, society and so on. It was Wilkinsons belief that the study of rural society had fallen out of favor in the 1960s but was experiencing a
resurgence, one that he felt was vital. As he put it, the thesis of the book is that "community has not disappeared and has not ceased to be an important
factor in individual and social well-being" (Wilkinson, 1991, p. 5). It is the study of community in rural America and why that study is important that engage Wilkinsons attention. This
is what he sets out to do: demonstrate to readers why rural community is important. The book is organized as follows: its very short, slightly over 100 pages, and comprises
five chapters. The first explains what community is; the second discusses critical issues; the third explores the role community plays in the well-being of rural residents; the fourth discusses the
development of the rural community; and the last relates the concept of community to changes in the countryside (Wilkinson, 1991). Wilkinsons main aim is to try and come up with
a working definition of community in rural America, which is not as easy as it sounds. He points out that when people put the terms "rural" and "community" together, they
usually get a mental picture of a small farming community miles away from the nearest city. In this community, which seems idyllic from the outside, everyone knows everyone else; they
share values and beliefs; and they are members of the same organizations-churches, veterans groups and so on. This sort of "Mayberry RFD" picture is not what Wilkinson means when he
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