Rural Data, People, And Policy: Information Systems For The 21st Century

by Lis M. Maurer, Nancy Strang, James A Christenson

Overview

This volume paints a critical view of the state of rural data systems in America with a collection of contributions leading scholars in the social sciences arena. It places an important wake-up call social scientists engaged in rural research, alerting them to the problems of existing data systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367301729
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James A Christenson, Richard C. Maurer, Nacy L. Strang

Table of Contents

Foreword — The Politics of Data — Rural Data Needs: The Comparative Advantage of University Research — The Politics of Information — Rural Data Needs in Rapidly Changing Times — Data for Rural Information Systems — Multiple-Level Data Sets — Longitudinal Data Sets for Rural Poverty Research — Rural Family Studies: Multiple Wave, Multiple Indicator Data — Sampling Frames for Rural Household Surveys — Qualitative Insights to Enhance National Information Systems — Technologies for Rural Information Systems — Surveys and Rural Data Needs — New Social Science Research Technologies — Geographic Information Systems and Rural Data — Epilogue