Rural Development: Principles and Practice - Brossura

Moseley, Malcolm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0761947671 ISBN 13: 9780761947677

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

`Malcolm Moseley makes an impressive job of "cutting through the cackle" and has produced a definitive catch-all volume to inform students, practitioners, community activists and local decision makers alike.... The book is transparently and logically laid out.... From a personal perspective as community activist and local authority member, I found the book invaluable. Here were satisfying definitions of terms I have grappled with for years - "rural", "community", "sustainable", "social capital", "capacity building", "the leaky bucket". Here also were some outstanding examples of good practice... In sum, this is a rural community development painting by numbers in the hands of an old master, well worth around £20 of investment′ - The Rural Digest

Advocating the fundamental need for an innovative and holistic approach to rural development, Rural Development: Principles and Practice demonstrates and explains, whilst seeking to improve, the mechanisms for planning, managing and financing rural development at the local level.

This book is structured in terms of the key concepts of this field: sustainability, innovation, adding value, entrepreneurship, community, social inclusion, accessibility, partnership, community involvement, diagnosis, strategic planning, implementation and evaluation. Each is then placed into a practical context by two illustrative case studies related to development in rural Europe, the initiatives of which the author was either personally involved in or had personal knowledge.

The first director of ACRE (the national voluntary organisation committed to promoting the vitality of England′s villages and small towns and to improving the quality of life of their disadvantaged residents), Malcolm Moseley is a researcher, teacher and consultant in the European Union′s `LEADER Rural Development Programme′ and the Countryside and Community Research Unit of the University of Gloucestershire. The author draws from this wealth of personal experience with the aim of providing activists, practitioners and specialists, as well as students, a concise and operational text which links the theory and practice of undertaking locally focused rural development. As such, Rural Development: Principles and Practice is essential reading for all interested or actively involved in local rural development issues.

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Contenuti

Rural Development
Making it Local
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES
Sustainability
Respecting the Long Term
Innovation
Breaking the Mould
Adding Value
Building on What's There
Entrepreneurship
Backing the Risk-Taker
Community
Promoting a Sense of Belonging
Social Inclusion
Bringing on Board
Accessibility
Bringing Within Reach
Partnership - with Trevor Cherrett
Working in Harness
Community Involvement
Embracing the People
PART TWO: PRACTICE
Diagnosis
Researching the Baseline
Strategic Planning
Orchestrating Action
Implementation
Making Things Happen
Evaluation
Assessing Achievement
Conclusion
More Research Needed

Product Description

Book by Moseley Malcolm

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0761947671
• ISBN 13: 9780761947677
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile