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This Fourth Rural Sociological Society Decennial Volume Provides Advanced Policy Scholarship On Rural North America During The 2010's, Closely Reflecting Upon The Increasingly Global Nature Of Social, Cultural, And Economic Forces And The Impact Of Neoliberal Ideology Upon Policy, Politics, And Power In Rural Areas. The Chapters In This Volume Represent The Expertise Of An Influential Group Of Scholars In Rural Sociology And Related Social Sciences. Its Five Sections Address The Changing Structure Of North American Agriculture, Natural Resources And The Environment, Demographics, Diversity, And Quality Of Life In Rural Communities-- Rural America In A Globalizing World: Introduction And Overview / Conner Bailey, Leif Jensen, And Elizabeth Ransom -- Part I. The Changing Structure Of Agriculture: Agriculture And Food In The 2010s / Alessandro Bonanno; 1. Economic Concentration In The Agrifood System: Impacts On Rural Communities And Emerging Responses / Douglas H. Constance, Mary Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, And William D. Heffernan; 2. The Declining Middle Of American Agriculture: A Spatial Phenomenon / Amy Guptill And Rick Welsh; 3. Land Ownership In American Agriculture / Douglas Jackson-smith And Peggy Petrzelka; 4. Mexican-born Farmworkers In Us Agriculture / Eric B. Jensen; 5. Agricultural Technologies And The Structure Of The North American Agrifood System / Leland L. Glenna And Christopher R. Henke; 6. Food Safety And Governance Of The Agrifood System / Michelle R. Worosz And Diana Stewart; 7. Changing Animal Agriculture And The Issue Of Farm Animal Welfare / Jeff Sharp And Dani Deemer; 8. Agrifood Movements: Diversity, Aims, And Limits / Clare Hinrichs And John Eshleman -- Part Ii. Natural Resources And The Environment: Connections: The Next Decade Of Rural Sociological Research On Natural Resources And The Environment / Louise Fortmann, Merrill Baker-médard, And Alice Kelly; 9. Impacts Of Climate Change On People And Communities Of Rural America / Lois Wri