農(nóng)村社會(huì)學(xué)是一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)上與農(nóng)村社會(huì)結(jié)構(gòu)和沖突研究相關(guān)的社會(huì)學(xué)領(lǐng)域，盡管諸如糧食和農(nóng)業(yè)或自然資源獲取等主題領(lǐng)域超越了傳統(tǒng)的農(nóng)村空間邊界（社會(huì)學(xué)指南2011）。它是世界上許多地方的一個(gè)活躍領(lǐng)域，起源于1910年代的美國(guó)，與國(guó)家農(nóng)業(yè)部和土地授予大學(xué)農(nóng)業(yè)學(xué)院有著密切的聯(lián)系。食品與農(nóng)業(yè)社會(huì)學(xué)是農(nóng)村社會(huì)學(xué)的研究熱點(diǎn)之一，其研究領(lǐng)域大多集中于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)。其他研究領(lǐng)域包括農(nóng)村移民和其他人口模式、環(huán)境社會(huì)學(xué)、以便利設(shè)施為導(dǎo)向的發(fā)展、公共土地政策、所謂的“新興”發(fā)展、社會(huì)混亂、自然資源社會(huì)學(xué)（包括森林、采礦、漁業(yè)和其他地區(qū)）、農(nóng)村文化、身份認(rèn)同、農(nóng)村衛(wèi)生保健和教育。國(guó)家政策。許多農(nóng)村社會(huì)學(xué)家從事發(fā)展研究、社區(qū)研究、社區(qū)發(fā)展和環(huán)境研究。大部分研究涉及發(fā)展中國(guó)家或第三世界。

Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas although topical areas such as food and agriculture or natural resource access transcend traditional rural spatial boundaries (Sociology Guide 2011). It is an active field in much of the world, originating in the United States in the 1910s with close ties to the national Department of Agriculture and land-grant university colleges of agriculture.[1]The sociology of food and agriculture is one focus of rural sociology, and much of the field is dedicated to the economics of farm production. Other areas of study include rural migration and other demographic patterns, environmental sociology, amenity-led development, public lands policies, so-called "boomtown" development, social disruption, the sociology of natural resources (including forests, mining, fishing and other areas), rural cultures, and identities, rural health care, and educational policies. Many rural sociologists work in the areas of development studies, community studies, community development, and environmental studies. Much of the research involves developing countries or the Third World.