Taking a geographical approach, this book produces new critical work on the interdependence between globalization and rural spaces. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of academics, and comparative case studies from Europe (West and East) and Asia.
Contents: Regional resilience, economy and society, Christine Tamasy and Javier Revilla Diez; Part I Rural-Global Linkages: Economic entanglements and the re-shaping of place in the global countryside, Michael Woods; Agriculture in chains: farms, firms and contracts, Michael Taylor and Matthew Tonts; The unjust chain? The value chain of milk in Germany, Karsten Lehmann, Peter Dannenberg and Elmar Kulke; International migration and resilience - rural introductory spaces and refugee immigration as a resource, Susanne Stenbacka; Community resilience under the influences of higher governance structures - the case of the Czech rural community No'ovice, Vladan Hru'ka. Part II Rural Entrepreneurship and Labour Markets: Non-farm businesses in rural areas - response to crisis or exploiting opportunities? Evidence from Vietnam, Juergen Bruenjes and Javier Revilla Diez; Immigrant small enterprises in rural Sweden: local and transnational resource mobilisation, Ali B. Najib; The role of large enterprises in local labour market development in non-metropolitan rural areas in Poland, Magdalena Dej and Grzegorz Micek. Part III Rural Innovation and Learning: Entrepreneurial innovation capability of rural regions - an underestimated phenomena?, Ruediger Meng; Arranging support for collective learning in rural areas of Germany, Wiebke Wellbrock, Birte Nienaber, Michael Kriszan, Robert Nadler, Wioletta Frys and Dirk Roep; Networks of regional learning in rural eastern Saxony, Joachim Burdack, Michael Kriszan and Robert Nadler; The role of agglomeration economies for SME transnationalisation: bypassing the global urban service nexus?, Michiel van Meeteren. Part IV Rural Policies and Governance: the role of side activities in building rural resilience: the case study of Kiel-Windeweer (The Netherlands), Heike Delfmann, Marianna Markantoni and Bettina van Hoven; Metropolitan regions and rural development: the case of Bremen-Oldenburg, northwestern Germany, Annika Neubauer and Christine Tamasy; New approaches to rural places, Javier Revilla Diez and Christine Tamasy; Index.
