Exploring the Rural Eco‐Economy: Beyond Neoliberalism. Issue 4 (26th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marsden, Terry
• Is Part Of: Sociologia ruralis. Volume 56:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 597
• Page End: 615
• Publication Date: 2016-07-26
• Subjects: Sociology, Rural -- Periodicals; 307.72
• DOI: 10.1111/soru.12139
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-0199

Abstract

Abstract: Rural areas become central sites for the development of the post‐carbon transition, yet this is a highly contested and contingent process whereby neo‐liberal models of development and framings compete with the emergence of the alternative circular eco‐economy. The article argues for a grounded conceptual and empirical approach in tracing this overall process of sustainable place‐making. It explores three key highly contested dimensions: reflexive governance, distributed eco‐economies, and re‐financialisation, arguing that such explorations are critical in developing more sustainable rural‐urban functionalities for the necessary post‐ carbon and post‐neoliberal transition.