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Rurality as a Created Field: Towards an Integrated Rural Development in Latvia?
Talis Tisenkopfssubject
Economic growthSociology and Political ScienceSubsistence agricultureLatvianlanguage.human_languageVariety (cybernetics)Rural managementRuralityPolitical sciencelanguagemedia_common.cataloged_instanceEuropean unionRural areaRural economicsmedia_commondescription
The article looks at the post-socialist countryside as a created field constructed through the discourses and practices of different actors. Despite the fact that small-scale holdings are the major outcome of agricultural reform, and subsistence oriented farmers constitute the bulk of the rural population, there are a variety of other actors in the new Latvian countryside. Their interests are reflected in three competing approaches to rural development: the small farmer approach, the liberal economic approach and the integrated development approach. Although it is not yet clear which strategy will take the lead, the article argues for policies in favour of varied rural actors, the strengthening of rural development support institutions, the efficient use of European Union pre-structural funds assistance, and local society participation
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-07-01 | Sociologia Ruralis |