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Publication Date: 2006-Oct
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The Changing Nature of Rurality and Rural Studies in Russia
Shubin, Sergei
Journal of Rural Studies, v22 n4 p422-440 Oct 2006
This paper seeks to outline different strands of the reconfiguration of the social and spatial perspectives on the countryside in Russia in the last 20 years. The country's transition implied changes in the production of knowledge, including the re-examination of research topics and bringing new theories into rural studies. The article strives to develop a theoretically informed critique of the recent studies, specifically addressing the changing vision of rurality. Taking as a starting point traditional concerns in rural discourses, i.e. the ways rurality have been traditionally studied in Russia, this paper seeks to identify what rural studies might gain and lose from the shift in academic research. Critics have focused on the problems of bringing together past and recent trajectories in rural research, concentrating on the power of construction of particular rural discourses in different environments. The reconstruction of changing rural discourses aims to provide an interpretative framework for understanding the ways various rural images and policy concepts are implicated in the construction of the Russian countryside.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theories, Rural Education, Rural Areas, Discourse Communities, Attitude Change, Public Policy, Research, Social Change
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia
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