174 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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Rural development is inherently viewed as a positive thing; it is seen as something that brings together groups of individuals with automatic positive implications and outcomes. Policy rhetoric frequently uses popular terms such as involvement, participation and power sharing to describe rural development activities. However, the reality of experience on the ground does not necessarily concur... Read more
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Rural Areas in the 21st Century 3. The Case Study 4. Power 5. Micro-Politics Uncovered 6. Micro-Politics: A Taste of the Action 7. Unravelling Participation 8. The Performance of Participation 9. Conclusions
Biography
Ruth McAreavey is a lecturer in Spatial Planning in Queen's University Belfast. She is involved in a voluntary capacity with rural development organisations and programmes.
"The book is well-researched. It has strong theoretical and empirical groundting, hence it will find wide appeal among social theorists and students of development studies."—Calvin O. Masilela, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
