This paper makes the case that justice scholarship cannot adequately account for the rural grievances that helped launch Trump to the presidency. This relative blind spot in the literature offers an opportunity for rural sociologists and rural studies scholars more generally to elevate their relevance in the academy and beyond. From late‐2012 to late‐2017, I traversed the state of Colorado interviewing and participating alongside non metro residents from its 24 “rural” and 23 “frontier” counties—the latter designation refers to those counties with a population density of six or fewer persons per square mile (the state has 64 counties in total). The argument is informed by 129 face‐to‐face interviews with residents from across these 47 counties. An additional 144 participant observation‐related conversations help further inform the argument. After explaining why rural grievances driving much of today's populism remains a problem for justice scholarship, I document injustices experienced among those interviewed, categorizing them along the three axes of distribution, recognition, and representation. I then offer tentative suggestions for building recognition and empathy between metro and non metro Coloradans. The paper concludes discussing its limitations and the next steps for future scholarship.

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农村问题：农村正义

本文对正义奖学金不能充分考虑了农村的不满，有助于推出特朗普总统宝座的情况。文献中的这一相对盲点为农村社会学家和农村研究学者们提供了一个机会，使他们更普遍地提升他们在学术界及其他领域的相关性。从2012年末到2017年末，我走遍了科罗拉多州，与来自其24个“农村”和23个“边境”县的非都市居民一起进行采访和参加，后者指的是那些人口密度为六个或以下的县每平方英里（州共有64个县）。通过对来自这47个县的居民的129次面对面访谈，证明了这一论点。另外144个与观察者相关的对话帮助进一步阐明了这一论点。在解释了为什么导致当今民粹主义大部分的农村不满仍然是司法学术的问题之后，我记录了受访者中经历的不公正现象，将其沿分配，认可和代表三个轴进行了分类。然后，我为在地铁和非地铁Coloradans之间建立认同感和同情心提供了初步建议。本文结束了讨论其局限性和未来奖学金的下一步。