Towards a ‘transverse inter-sectoral debate’? A Case Study of the Rural Partnership Programme (RPP) in Post-Socialist Lithuania

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Áine Macken-Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Integrated Rural Development

Towards a ‘transverse inter-sectoral debate’? A Case Study of the Rural Partnership Programme (RPP) in Post-Socialist Lithuania By providing a forum for collaboration between diverse stakeholders, a main aim of the governance and rural development model is to ignite a representative and transverse inter-sectoral debate in relation to local development issues. This article identifies some of the determinants that arise in the transferability of the governance and rural development model from its conventional operational context of free-market liberal democracy to the post-socialist rural setting of the Ukmerge district in Lithuania, where a Rural Partnership Programme (RPP) was implemented (2003-2005). The analysis focuses specifically on how elements of the post-socialist context and other more case-specific aspects of the RPP's operation impacted on the inter-sectoral dynamics of the RPP partnership board's operation. The attitudes of the sectoral representatives towards the RPP as a model for representative and integrated rural development are explored.

scholarly journals Towards a multiscalar perspective on the prospects of ‘the actually existing smart village’ – a view from Hungary

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Ádám Szalai ◽  
Krisztina Varró ◽  
Szabolcs Fabula
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
Policies And Practices

This paper aims at expanding the scope of the dominantly pragmatic, local scale-oriented smart village scholarship towards a perspective that recognizes that smart village development is a multiscalar political process. To show the necessity of this move, the shaping of smart village policies and practices in Hungary is examined through a qualitative lens. As the authors argue, path-dependent structural obstacles and interscalar relations undermine the prospects of smart village building in the sense of bottom-up integrated rural development, and there is a risk of a bias towards technological innovation. This exploratory article, using Hungary as a case study, argues that smart village scholarship should draw on the results of critical smart city scholarship to acquire in-depth understanding of current debates regarding potential smart village developments.

Democracy, Decentralization, and Rural Development in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwakemi Damola Adejumo-Ayibiowu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Cultural Democracy ◽  
Democratic Principles

Following the disappointing outcomes of the implementation of Western liberal democracy and decentralization, some observers have argued that the reason for these failures was because African countries have not yet developed the necessary culture for a successful democracy and democratic institutions. But are democracy and decentralization strange to Africa? The purpose of this chapter is to show that democracy and decentralization are not alien to Africa. Using the Yoruba culture of West Africa as a case study, and Afrocentricity as the theoretical framework, the chapter brings to the fore the principles of African cultural democracy that guarantee responsiveness and representativeness as well as ensure welfare improvement among these indigenous people. Suggestions are made on how these cultural democratic principles can be incorporated into formal governance to achieve more responsive governments in Africa.

Sociology of Decision-making: A Case Study of Integrated Rural Development Programme in Pakistan

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-114
Author(s):  
Ajmal Waheed ◽  
Rana Rashid Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Micro Level

This study deals with describing and analyzing the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) in Pakistan.1 Its main objective is to elucidate some of the subtle obstacles that hindered the project from reaching its full potential. In this regard, formulation, implementation and evaluation of different development programmes at gross-root level are discussed. Therein, certain managerial issues, such as participation at gross-root level, coordination, cooperation, motivation, commitment, self-help, delivery of services at rural areas, political intervention and bureaucratic hurdles, are brought at forefront by citing few examples in which challenges have been faced more prominently and which can be used for classroom discussion. One of the critical obstacles relevant to the understanding of this programme, as many others, involves a focus on the sociology of decision-making. It is hoped that the case study would facilitate the readers to have an understanding of the rural development process in Pakistan at a micro level.

The Restoration of Religious Heritage as a Rural Development Strategy

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Castellano-Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
The Development Strategy ◽  
Action Groups

Rural development programs managed under the Leader Initiative approach aid in promoting the economic diversification of rural areas on the basis of substantially diverse measures. The restoration of religious heritage has the potential to be an interesting course of action within the development strategies adopted by local action groups in charge of managing these programs. The district of La Vera is used as a reference as it possesses all of the necessary characteristics to be considered a paradigmatic subject for the case study. This research intends to contrast the relevance that religious heritage restoration acquired within the development strategy adopted by this region. Based on this analysis, the last section of this work will attempt to assess the extent to which the implementation of the Proder Program in the district of La Vera conforms to the characteristics of a sustainable and endogenous rural development model. After analyzing both topics, this research aims to examine the extent to which the restoration of religious heritage can constitute a course of action consistent with the model of rural development proposed by this type of program.

Rediscovering people, places and traditions: a story of stories

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-147
Author(s):  
Monica Palladino
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Participatory Rural Development ◽  
Conducting Research

Purpose Focussing on the links among people, places and traditions, this study aims to present the reflections derived from five in-depth personal interviews on traditions regarding wine, fish, cheese making and rural hospitality, collected in a journey across the province of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. It provides an original view of the “stories” behind the places and the products, useful to inform local development strategies centred on traditional food products. Design/methodology/approach The article presents a novel approach in conducting research that involves collecting information via empathetic interviews and presenting the findings in a reflexive, narrative storytelling style. Findings Empathetic personal interviewing is key to elicit information useful to frame the links among people, places and traditions. The economic motivation is not the main one for people to remain engaged in the production of traditional food products in the province of Reggio Calabria. Pride in linking their activities and the products they make to the territory, its traditions and the culture embedded therein, clearly contribute to define a sense of place that might be further drawn upon in participatory, rural development initiatives. Research limitations/implications Due to the way in which the interviewees have been selected, not all findings can be generalized as applicable to the entire Province or beyond. Practical implications Recognizing the people and the stories behind a product may offer insights on how to design effective, socially sustainable policies that would preserve important traditions. Personal food narratives might contribute, in a unique way, to an effective branding of the products and the territory. Social implications Doing more empathetically participatory research, rather than taking a “neutral” stance in data collection and data crunching, which has traditionally characterized the work of agricultural economists, may help in making the institutions being perceived as less distant by the ultimate beneficiary of development policies and make participatory planning much more effective. Originality/value The article contributes to an emerging area of research at the intersection between agricultural economics and rural development policy. How to highlight and protect the people and their stories as fundamental aspects of the “places”, “products” and “traditions”, remains an area of research that has not yet been fully explored, at least in the rhetoric and discourse on integrated rural development in Italy.

scholarly journals Motivational Factors for Women Employment in Vyas Municipality of Tanahu District, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Ranju Rimal ◽  
Rajan Binayek Pasa
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Political Roles ◽  
Numeric Data ◽  
Key Informant Interview

This study explains motivational/de-motivational factors for women employment from rural development standpoint. In doing so, quantitative approach and case study research design have been applied. The numeric data are collected from 72 respondents whereas narrative information are generated from five participants selected form five government and five non-government institutions of Vyas Municipality of Tanahu District. In this stance, anonymous self administered questionnaires and key informant interview techniques are applied. The result shows that motivational factors (i.e. salary, bonus, security, safety promotion) are encouraging women to perform their duty/responsibility effectively and efficiently with honorable way. They are not only supporting to their family livelihood but also playing gender role (social, economic & political roles) in community and society. However, some of the respondents are also experiencing less paid salary, sexual harassment, physical difficulties at the time of menstruation and not sufficient maternity leave (de-motivational factors). De-motivated women are failed to join in higher education and unable to perform gender role for rural development. Thus, better to address de-motivational factors by the local development stakeholders including aged persons supporting deeply rooted patriarchal systems of Hindu culture for motivating women for employment.

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