Content (Syllabus outline)
practical value of rural sociology
ural society: notion, function
rural characteristics and indicators for their measurement
global processes of rural society change: industrialisation, urbanisation; deagrarization, de-ruralisation
rural settlements and population–morphological basis of rural structure
rural settlement types
rural population and socio-demographic changes
rural local community, social relations, social groups and institutions in rural areas
rural and agricultural family, function and development cycles
field practice: creating concepts for research and data collecting for rural sociology analyses, pilot studies and data collection
Readings
• Virant Z., & Konečnik Kotnik E. (2022). The Perception of Idyllic Rural Areas in Slovenia. Journal for Geography, 17(2), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.17.2.2736
• Puconja M., 2011. Slovenska kmečka kultura. Tiskarna Klar d.o.o., Murska Sobota. P 447.
• Shortall, S., 2004. Social or economic goals, civic inclusion or exclusion? An analysis of rural development theory and practice. Sociologia Ruralis. 44(1):109-123.
• Cifrić, I., 2003. Ruralni razvoj i modernizacija – prilozi istraživanju ruralnog identiteta, Biblioteka znanost i društvo, IDIS, Zagreb.
• Štambuk, M., Rogić, I., Mišetić, A., 2002. Prostor iza. IDZ Ivo Pilar, Zagreb.