The Farm Crisis in the Great Plains: Implications for Theory and Policy Development.

Murdock, Steve H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ362752

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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ISSN: ISSN-0036-0112

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The Farm Crisis in the Great Plains: Implications for Theory and Policy Development.

Murdock, Steve H.; And Others

Rural Sociology, v51 n4 p406-35 Win 1986

Uses survey data from Texas and North Dakota to examine characteristics of farmers experiencing financial stress and to assess relative utility of adoption/diffusion, structural, and ecological frameworks for explaining levels of farm financial stress. Finds theoretical frameworks inadequate to explain differences in financial conditions. Discusses policy and theoretical implications. (LFL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion (Communication), Ecological Factors, Economic Change, Farm Management, Farmers, Financial Problems, Income, Job Satisfaction, Models, Organization, Policy Formation, Rural Economics, Social Science Research, Sociology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota; Texas

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