Aims and Scope

Dynamics of Rural Society Journal (DRSJ) is an international open-access scientific journal that uses a double-blind peer-review system and publishes high-quality research that is both relevant and engaging for an international audience. The journal is dedicated to discussing and advancing knowledge on rural society and social transformation, particularly in the Global South. The journal provides a platform for theoretically informed and empirically grounded research that deepens understanding of the social dynamics shaping rural communities, institutions, livelihoods, inequalities, and forms of collective life across diverse regional and national contexts.

DRSJ publishes high-quality original research articles and review articles that examine contemporary rural change from sociological, interdisciplinary, and development-oriented perspectives. The journal is particularly interested in contributions that analyze how rural people and communities experience, negotiate, and transform social, economic, political, and institutional change, including the effects of agricultural development policy and rural development policy on social life in rural areas.

The journal is primarily aimed at researchers, academics, and social science students with a deep interest in the study of rural society dynamics and social transformation in rural areas.

The journal welcomes manuscripts in, but not limited to, the following areas:

1. Rural inequality, poverty, and community welfare
   Studies on social and economic inequalities in rural areas, including poverty, exclusion, access to welfare, and social protection.
   

2. Livelihoods, labor, and rural economic change
   Research on rural livelihoods, labor markets, economic change, and how rural populations adapt to economic transformation.
   

3. Rural governance, agricultural and rural development policy, and public institutions
   Research on governance structures, public institutions, rural development, and the impact of agricultural policies on rural communities.
   

4. Migration, mobility, and demographic transformation
   Studies on migration patterns, mobility, demographic shifts, and their effects on rural societies and communities.
   

5. Gender, family, and social relations in rural communities
   Research on gender roles, family dynamics, and social relations in rural areas, including issues of power, authority, and social change.
   

6. Community change, identity, resilience, and conflict
   Studies on how rural communities transform, including issues of identity, resilience, conflict, and social cohesion.
   

7. Agrarian-social transformation and rural citizenship
   Research on agrarian changes, land relations, and the role of rural citizens in social and political participation.
   

DRSJ particularly encourages manuscripts that:

• offer clear conceptual, theoretical, or analytical contributions to the study of rural society;

• address issues of international, comparative, or cross-regional relevance;

• engage critically with the lived realities of rural communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other developing regions;

• connect local empirical findings to broader scholarly debates in rural sociology, rural studies, development studies, agrarian change, and related fields.