The Routledge handbook of comparative rural policy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Matteo Vittuari, John Devlin, Marco Pagani, and Thomas G. Johnson.
• Editors: Vittuari, Matteo; Devlin, John F; (Research fellow of Rural Policy Learning Commons), Pagani, Marco; Johnson, Thomas G
• Contents: List of figures. List of tables. Notes on contributors. Acknowledgements. Rural Policy Learning Commons. Introduction. Part I: Introduction to comparative rural policy studies ; 1 What is rural? What is rural policy? What is rural development policy? Ray D. Bollman and Bill Reimer 2 Comparing ruralities: the case of Canada and the United States. Bill Reimer and Thomas G. Johnson 3 What is rural? The historical evolution of rural typologies in Europe. John M. Bryden, Jordi Rosell Foxà, and Lourdes Viladomiu 4 A comparative rural profile across OECD member countries. Ray D. Bollman 5 Why comparative rural policy studies? Comparative theory and methods. Erika Allen Wolters and Brent S. Steel 6 Policy process theory for rural policy. Suman Pant, Casey Taylor, and Brent S. Steel 7 Policy outcomes of decentralized public programs: implications for rural policy. Judith I. Stallmann and Grichawat Lowatcharin 8 Co-constructing rural futures: understanding place-based development and policy. Sean Markey, Greg Halseth, and Laura Ryser 9 Territorial capital in rural policy development. Francesca Regoli, Dezsö Kovács, Natalija Bogdanov, William H. Meyers, and Matteo Vittuari Part II: People and society ; 10 International migration: sustaining rural communities. Philomena De Lima and Lidia Carvajal 11 Rural immigration and welcoming communities. Ryan Gibson and Robert Annis 12 The role of women in rural areas. Patricia T. Fernandez-Guajardo, Denise Lach, and Allison Davis-White Eyes 13 Rural poverty in a comparative context. Bill Reimer 14 Understanding the dimensions of aging and old age in rural areas. Philipp Kneis and Keith Baker 15 Rural health and well-being. Kathleen Kevany and Maya Fromstein 16 Rural policy and the cultural construction of the urban/rural divide in the United States and Europe. Philipp Kneis Part III: Resources and environment ; 17 Environmental policy: what are the options? John Devlin and Brennan Chapman Lowery 18 The inefficiency of resource policy as a mechanism to deliver rural policy. Ray D. Bollman 19 The water–energy–food–climate nexus. John Devlin and Sarah Minnes 20 Governance of watersheds in rural areas. Karen Refsgaard 21 Rethinking energy in agricultural and rural areas. Marco Pagani, Fabio De Menna, Laura García Herrero, Houston Sudekum, Giuseppe Palladino, and Matteo Vittuari 22 Conventional and alternative agri-food chains. Victòria Soldevila-Lafon, Lourdes Viladomiu, and Jordi Rosell Foxà 23 Building sustainable regional food systems: policies and support. Kathleen Kevany and Maya Fromstein 24 Drivers of food losses and their implications for the agro-food chain: selected case studies. Matteo Vittuari, Andrea Segrè, Luca Falasconi, Simone Piras, Laura Brenes-Peralta, Laura García Herrero, Marco Pagani, and Fabio De Menna 25 Fish as food: policies affecting food sovereignty for rural Indigenous communities in North America. David Fazzino, Philip Loring, and Glenna Gannon 26 Public policies affecting community forest management. Víctor Ávila Akerberg, Luis Angel López Mathamba, Tanja González Martínez, Sergio Franco-Maass, and Gabino Nava Bernal Part IV: Innovation ; 27 Social economy and entrepreneurship in rural areas. Al Lauzon, Mary Ferguson, Catherine Lang, and Barbara Harrison 28 Grounded innovation in the rural bioeconomy. John M. Bryden and Karen Refsgaard 29 Innovation, broadband, and community resilience. William Ashton and Wayne Kelly 30 Climate change adaptation by farmers: the case of Nepal. Krishna Lal Poudel and Thomas G. Johnson Part V: Rural policy reviews ; 31 Rural policy in the United States. Thomas G. Johnson 32 Rural policy in Canada. Bill Reimer 33 Rural policy in Europe. John M. Bryden 34 Rural policy in the Western Balkans. Natalija Bogdanov, Marius Lazdinis, and Matteo Vittuari Part VI: Comparative rural policy case studies ; 35 Peri-urban agricultural policies in Canada and France. Mikaël Akimowicz, Harry Cummings, Charilaos Képhaliacos, and Karen Landman 36 A non-profit as a policy actor? A case study of the Breds Treasure Beach Foundation in Jamaica. Matthew Pezold 37 Post-Soviet rural areas towards European integration: the difficult transition of Moldova. Simone Piras 38 “Why local governments?” An ongoing debate in rural New Brunswick, Canada. Michelle Landry 39 A comparative case study of the Main Street Program in the United States. Glenn Sterner 40 Community-managed forestry in Palo Seco, Mexico. Andrew Peach and John Devlin 41 Land ownership and land management policies in Norway and Scotland. Annie McKee, Heidi Vinge, Hilde Bjørkhaug, and Reidar Almås 42 Local policies addressing poverty and social exclusion in rural Spain during the recession. Diana E. Valero 43 Integral mountain development in Spain: an historical review. Pedro Fiz Rocha Correa ; Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (548 pages), (60 illustrations)
• Subjects: 307.1/412; Rural development -- Government policy; Land use, Rural -- Government policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429950803; 0429950802
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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