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:	9780367286262
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
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