The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy

Matteo Vittuari, John Devlin (University of Guelph, Canada), Marco Pagani , Thomas G. Johnson (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA)

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English

Routledge
28 October 2019

Development studies; Development economics; Human geography; Rural planning; Agricultural science

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

This volume represents the result of almost two decades of trans-Atlantic collaborative development of a policy research paradigm, the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies program. Over this period dozens of scientists from different disciplines but with a common interest in rural issues and policy have collaboratively studied the policies in North America, Europe, and other parts of the world.

A core element of the book is the idea and practice of comparative research and analysis – what can be learned from comparisons, how and why policies vary in different contexts, and what lessons might or might not be “transferable” across borders. It provides skills for the use of comparative methods as important tools to analyze the functioning of strategies and specific policy interventions in different contexts and a holistic approach for the management of resources in rural regions. It promotes innovation as a tool to valorize endogenous resources and empower local communities and offers case studies of rural policy in specific contexts. The book largely adopts a territorial approach to rural policy. This means the book is more interested in rural regions, their people and economies, and in the policies that affect them, than in rural sectors, and sectoral policies per se.

The audience of the book is by definition international and includes students attending courses in agricultural and rural policy, rural and regional studies, and natural resource management; lecturers seeking course material and case studies to present to their students in any of the courses listed above; professionals working in the field of rural policy; policy-makers and civil servants at different levels seeking tools to better understand rural policy both at the local and global scale and to better recognize and comprehend how to transfer best practices.

Edited by: Matteo Vittuari, John Devlin (University of Guelph, Canada), Marco Pagani, Thomas G. Johnson (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 1.179kg
ISBN: 9781138594111
ISBN 10: 1138594113
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Pages: 570
Publication Date: 28 October 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matteo Vittuari, PhD, is Associate Professor in Agricultural, Food and Rural Policy and Agricultural Policy Evaluation at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy. John Devlin, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Rural Planning and Development Program, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, Canada. Marco Pagani, PhD, is a Research Fellow in the Rural Policy Learning Commons Project. Thomas Johnson, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri, USA.