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标题：Enhancing the Rural South's Quality of Life: Leveraging Development through Educational Institutions
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作者：Glenn D. Israel
期刊名称：Journal of Rural Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2151-4178
出版年度：2004
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：1-24
出版社：Southern Rural Sociological Association
摘要：If there is a way to summarize what rural sociologists do, then it is working to improve the quality of life for and with people in the South. This work encompasses efforts to discover knowledge and teach others, both on- and off-campus, about it. Through applied research we believe that we can understand how the social world works in new and meaningful ways. We also believe that this knowledge must be shared with and used by others in order to complete our mission. The latter task has been the most difficult in my experience, especially in places beyond the campus community. This is because leaders in rural communities and policy wonks in state capitals use a decision-making process in which research information is only one of many considerations.