Sociologia Ruralis

Sociologia Ruralis Anniversary Virtual Issue
Read the latest Virtual Issues from the Sociologia Ruralis on Food and Farming, Rural Development and The Gendered Rural, edited by Henry Buller.

Read The Guardian article Badgers' fate influenced by books, research discovers which interviews Angela Cassidy, author of the Sociologia Ruralis article Vermin, Victims and Disease: UK Framings of Badgers In and Beyond the Bovine TB Controversy

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Ranked "A" in the Sociology category of the Excellence of Research for Australia (ERA) rankings.

Online content now available back to Volume 1 (1960)
All back issues of this journal are available online. Click here to browse content and abstracts. For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

ESRS is the leading European association for scientists involved in the study of agriculture and fisheries, food production and consumption, rural development and change, rurality and cultural heritage, equality and inequality in rural society, and nature and environmental care. The membership of the ESRS is open to people in and outside Europe who are interested in the study of rural questions.

Most Read Articles in 2012:

Food Supply Chain Approaches: Exploring their Role in Rural Development
Terry Marsden, Jo Banks & Gillian Bristow

Eating "Green": Motivations behind organic food consumption in Australia
Stewart Lockie, Kristen Lyons, Geoffrey Lawrence & Kerry Mummery

Consumer/Producer Links in Fair Trade Coffee Networks
Laura T. Raynolds

Boundless Biofuels? Between Environmental Sustainability and Vulnerability
Arthur P.J. Mol

Local Development and Heritage: Traditional Food and Cuisine as Tourist Attractions in Rural Areas
Jacinthe Bessiere