''Sociologia Ruralis'' is a quarterly

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covering

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research on

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areas and related issues with a focus on

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political Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

and

cultural Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

aspects of rural development, including

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, and

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. It was established in 1960 and is published by

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on behalf of the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2012

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of 1.022, ranking it 54th out of 137 journals in the category "Sociology".

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* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9523 Wiley-Blackwell academic journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1960 Quarterly journals Sociology journals Rural sociology

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