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Small Town Dynamics

Small Town Dynamics is a theoretical framework within rural-urban relations that examines the socio-economic, political, and cultural processes unique to small towns, distinguishing them from both large urban centers and rural peripheries through their intermediary structural and functional characteristics.

218

Publications

9.4K

Citations

365

Authors

176

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

34

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Publications

218

Caste and Class in a Southern Town

Dwight Sanderson, John Dollard · The American Journal of Psychology · 1938 · 538 citations

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Loose Connections: Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

David Knoke, Robert Wuthnow · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2001 · 479 citations

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Small Town in Mass Society

Sylvester A. Sieber, Arthur J. Vidich, Joseph Bensman · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1959 · 368 citations

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Spaces of Encounters: Immigration, Race, Class, and the Politics of Belonging in Small-Town America

Helga Leitner · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 2011 · 285 citations

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Civic Community in Small‐Town America: How Civic Welfare Is Influenced by Local Capitalism and Civic Engagement*

Charles M. Tolbert, Michael D. Irwin, Thomas A. Lyson et al. · Rural Sociology · 2002 · 175 citations

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Authors

365

  1. TL
    Terry L. Besser

    Iowa State University, United States

    4 publications · 193 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. AJ
    Arthur J. Vidich

    New School, United States

    4 publications · 558 citations

    4

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  3. JD
    John Dollard

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 667 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. JB
    Joseph Bensman

    Brooklyn College, United States

    4 publications · 558 citations

    4

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  5. GV
    Glenn V. Fuguitt

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 105 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

176

  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    540 citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    163 citations

  4. University of the Free State

    Bloemfontein, South Africa

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    147 citations

  5. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    159 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    337 citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    177 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Rural Studies

    11 publications · 725 citations

    11

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 644 citations

    10

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    5 publications · 627 citations

    5

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 5 publications · 311 citations

    5

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  5. Rural Sociology

    4 publications · 306 citations

    4

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