Upcoming book on rural politics includes contributions from Lisa Pruitt, Mara Casey Tieken, and Sarah Walton
Lisa Pruitt (University of California, Davis), Mara Casey Tieken (Bates College), and Sarah Walton (University of Maine) all contributed chapters to an upcoming edited volume from De Gruyter titled “Rethinking Rural Politics Place-Based Identity, Political Ideology, and Policy in Rural America.” Edited by Nicholas Jacobs, the book brings together a collection of leading experts in rural studies to offer a comprehensive framework for understanding rural America and expand the scope of existing research. Jacobs will be a plenary speaker at the 2026 RSS meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.