The rural villages in India epitomize essence of Indian civilization as it is considered a repository of traditional mores and folkways. Rural villages are the integral part of the nation, not just as places of abode, but as the custodians of culture, tradition and the spit of the nation itself....

Rural economies in the United States are facing a downward spiral with job losses and failure to acquire skills required in this age of automation. A multitude of factors have prevented rural communities to keep up with the mainstream American economy leading to outmigration and rising debt levels

The historiographical and socio-economic topic of the 1918-1921 agrarian reform, marked by a considerable degree of difficulty due to a multitude of objective, quantitative as well as qualitative factors, represents a point of reference in the research endeavours focused on the social and...