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672 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. 6 (2017)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0672 and id is 1 raw text is: The Rural-Urban Interface: New Patterns of Spatial Interdependence and Inequality in America By DANIEL T. LICHTER and JAMES P. ZILIAK America's rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic dispari- ties in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presiden- tial election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasingly interdependent, both eco- nomically and socially. This new rural-urban interface is highlighted in this collection of articles, which are organized and developed around the general concept of changing symbolic and social boundaries. Rural- urban boundaries-how rural and urban people and places are defined and evaluated-reflect and reinforce institutional forces that maintain spatial inequality and existing social, economic, and political hierarchies. This volume makes clear that rural-urban boundaries are highly fluid and that this should be better reflected in research programs, in the topics that we choose to study, and in the way that public policy is implemented. Keywords: urbanization; economic restructuring; community; poverty; economic develop- ment; inequality; well-being The United States is an increasingly urban- and urban-centric-society made up of densely settled big cities and rapidly expanding urban conglomerations. The hegemony of the nation's largest cities has been unmistakable (Lichter and Brown 2011). Cities are where culture is shaped and reshaped by politics, media, and money, where new jobs and tech- nology are incubated, and where big ideas start and flourish. With the continuing urbanization of American society, big city issues and Daniel T. Lichter is Ferris Family Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, professor of sociology, and director of the Institute for the Social Sciences, all at Cornell University. James P. Ziliak is the Gatton Chair in Microeconomics, director of the Center for Poverty Research, and executive director of the Kentucky Federal Statist ical Research Data Center, all at the University of Kentucky. Correspondence: dtl28@cornell.edu DOI: 10.1177/0002716217714180 ANNALS, AAPSS, 672, July 2017 6

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