1st Edition
Sustaining Rural Systems Rural Vitality in an Era of Globalization and Economic Nationalism
Introduction—Sustaining Rural Systems: Rural Vitality in an Era of Globalization and Economic Nationalism
Holly R. Barcus and William G. Moseley
1. Croatian Rural Futures in 2030: Four Alternative Scenarios for Postsocialist Countryside in the Newest E.U. Member State
Aleksandar Lukić, Petra Radeljak Kaufmann, Luka Valožić, Ivan Zupanc, Marin Cvitanović, Dane Pejnović and Ivan Žilić
2. Does Local Rural Heritage Still Matter in a Global Urban World?
Serge Schmitz and Lauriano Pepe
3. Young People’s Visions for Life in the Countryside in Latin America
A. Cristina De La Vega-Leinert, Julia Kieslinger, Marcela Jiménez-Moreno and Cornelia Steinhäuser
4. Second Home Property Ownership and Public-School Funding in Wisconsin’s Northwoods
Ryan Douglas Weichelt and Ezra Zeitler
5. Re-Turning Inwards or Opening to the World? Land Use Transitions on Australia’s Western Coast
Roy Jones, Tod Jones and Colin Ingram
6. Exploring the Sustainability of Wilderness Narratives in Europe. Reflections from Val Grande National Park (Italy)
Giacomo Zanolin and Valerià Paül
7. The Emerging Mountain Imaginary of The Galician Highlands: A New National Landscape in an Era of Globalization?
Valerià Paül and Juan-M. Trillo-Santamaría
Biography
Holly R. Barcus is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography and Director of Asians Studies at Macalester College. Her research interests reside at the intersection of migration, identity, ethnicity and rural peripheries. She is currently Vice President and Treasurer of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Executive Committee.
William G. Moseley is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, and Director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College. His research interests include tropical agriculture, food security, and development policy. He currently serves on the High Level Panel of Experts of the UN Committee on World Food Security.
