Globalization and Europe's Rural Regions

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Routledge, 3 mars 2016 - 250 pages
This book examines the multiple ways in which rural regions in Europe are being restructured through globalization and the regional development responses that they have adopted. It provides an understanding of the key challenges and opportunities for rural regions arising from the major economic, social, political and cultural changes associated with globalization, including trade liberalization and economic deregulation, increased international migration, and the rise of global consciousness about environmental issues. Drawing on examples and findings from a major European research project, DERREG, the book presents detailed case studies of ten regions in different parts of Europe, exploring the factors that lead to different experiences of globalization in each of the regions, and highlighting examples of good practice in regional development responses. The book concludes by proposing a typology of regional responses to globalization and considering the policy implications of the research findings. As such, ’Globalization and Europe’s Rural Regions’ is important reading for geographers, sociologists, planners and economists interested in understanding the impact of globalization in rural regions, and for rural development professionals seeking to mobilize effective responses.
 

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1 Globalization and Europes Rural Regions Challenge and Opportunity
1
2 A Spatial Perspective on Small Firm Networking from a Rural Periphery the Case of Swedish Norrland
19
The Spinoff from Collaborative Leadership
41
4 Managing Development with Civil Society in a Globalizing Rural
59
Practices of Endogenous Development in Rural Mid Wales
75
6 Constituting Connections and Rural Revitalization in The Comarca de Verín Galicia Spain
91
The Case of Alytus County Lithuania
107
The Pomurje Region in Search of New Development Paths
125
9 Towards a Sustainable Regional Economy? The Oberlausitz Region in Transformation
143
10 The Rural Regions of the Oldindustrialized Saarland Between Globalization and Regionalization
165
11 Globalization and Sustainable Development in South Moravia
183
12 Globalization Processes and the Restructuring of Europes Rural Regions
199
Index
223
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John McDonagh is a rural geographer in the Discipline of Geography, School of Geography & Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), Ireland. Birte Nienaber is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Luxembourg. Michael Woods is a Professor at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales.

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