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Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America
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Rural DevelopmentPopulation PovertyRural ResearchEconomic DevelopmentDevelopment EconomicsHard TimesSocial ChangeRural AreasPoverty ReductionSocial SciencesRural SociologyPovertyPoverty AlleviationEconomic InequalityCommunity ChangeEconomicsPublic PolicyCommunity DevelopmentPolitical GeographyPopulation InequalityRural PolicySociologyBusinessRural America
This work takes us to three remote rural areas in the USA to hear the tales of the residents - the poor, the rich, and those in between - as they talk about their families, work, hard times, and their hopes. It provides an insight into the dynamics of poverty, politics and community change.