Rural Economic Developments and Social Movements: A New Paradigm

The book discusses new approaches and success factors for rural socio-economic development and policy transformations, aligning with new social movements theories. It highlights the role of rural and urban populations in driving change and provides case studies of EU Common Agricultural Policy and European Green Deal.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 266 pages
Publication date: 17 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Focusing on the demands of the new innovative, sustainable, and inclusive rural development paradigm, the monograph delves into the discussion regarding new approaches and success factors that are crucial in current rural socio-economic development and policy transformations. The bottom-up policymaking, self-organization, creative use of knowledge in rural areas, and numerous other rural innovations are aligned in this book with new social movements theories, which help disclose, explore, and explain the rural development paradigm shift.

Rural development forces of the 21st century center on the agents of change: rural populations and, surprisingly, urban populations (!). The political debate concerning the EU Common Agricultural Policy and the European Green Deal, illustrated with multiple case studies, highlights the significance of these agents in shaping the future of rural areas.

This book will appeal to a wide audience of readers, with a keen interest in scientific, political, and practical issues of innovations in rural areas and their potential development pathways. The monograph is authored by a team of scholars from the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Department of Rural Development.

Weight: 379g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030719852
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021