Consideration is given to the disparity between legislative "hopes" and research findings on rural industrialization in the U.S. (JC)

The interaction between peasants and agents of social change is examined and seen as an unequal exchange of mutual expectations. If the cycle of peasant exploitation is to change, rural development must be integral to national development programs. (Author/KR)

The Nolan and Heffernan (1974) analysis of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (RDA-72) is discussed. (NQ)

Presidential address, annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 26, 1972. (FF)

The article presents (1) a theoretical perspective describing rural development in the People's Republic of China which allows for generalization and comparison to the other developing rural settings, and (2) four conceptual systematic variables, a concrete policy variable, and a series of illustrative propositions linking them. (NQ)

Suggesting rural development research is not an academic specialty in the traditional sense and that its frame of reference should be development, this article maintains such research should emphasize identification and assessment of consequences for people and communities of programs and policies undertaken in the name of rural development.…

Utilizing data from Maine, this article suggests that the relatively young, highly educated professionals currently migrating into rural areas should be considered in terms of rural development resources. (JC)

Describes institutional overload and cultural clash as principal forms of disturbances which create problems in the areas of education, community solidarity, health care, social welfare, crime and public safety, and other municipal services. Advises rural planners and developers to focus on objective indicators of these areas, for successful…