{"id":4655,"date":"2025-10-13T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/american-bar-association-honors-hannah-haksgaard-for-her-book-the-rural-lawyer-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:10:12","slug":"the-case-for-rural-america-a-new-book-in-the-rural-studies-series","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/the-case-for-rural-america-a-new-book-in-the-rural-studies-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Mueller publishes The Case for Rural America in Rural Studies Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4655\" data-postid=\"4655\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4655 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_huqj911 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ffij177 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_kc2j012 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Mueller publishes The Case for Rural America in Rural Studies Series            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- Breadcrumbs module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-breadcrumbs tb_nkif550 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"tbp_breadcrumb_trail\"><ul class=\"tbp_trail_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><meta name=\"numberOfItems\" content=\"1\" \/><meta name=\"itemListOrder\" content=\"Ascending\" \/><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" class=\"tbp_trail_item tbp_trail_end\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/\" rel=\"home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><!-- \/Breadcrumbs module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8mk1018   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Rural America is at a crossroads: either it will manage to sustain itself long-term, or\u2014as current trends suggest\u2014it will continue to disappear through depopulation and urbanization. There have been calls for economic redevelopment, but even with these proposals,<strong> J. Tom Mueller<\/strong> argues that policymakers, politicians, and academics rarely make a clear case for why rural America matters and is worth saving in the first place. In this provocative book, <strong>Mueller<\/strong> meets these issues head-on by presenting a critique of conventional economic development efforts while also articulating why rural America is worthy of preservation.<\/p>\n<p>The Case for Rural America outlines the actions necessary to save our rural places and the people who live there. By suggesting approaches that would benefit urban populations as well as rural\u2014such as establishing a universal basic income and implementing single-payer healthcare\u2014<strong>Mueller<\/strong> offers a nuanced understanding of the complex needs of rural America while providing solutions that would benefit us all.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"993\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uncpress.org\/9781469691527\/the-case-for-rural-america\/\">\ud83d\udd17 Read the book<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>J. Tom Mueller<\/strong> argues that policymakers, politicians, and academics rarely make a clear case for why rural America matters and is worth saving in the first place. 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