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Rural Development
Principles and Practice

First Edition

Other Titles in:
Rural Geography

240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
`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.

 
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

 
with Trevor Cherrett
Partnership
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

 

Sample Materials & Chapters

PDF file of Chapter 1

PDF file of Chapter 10


Malcolm Moseley

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