Conceptual Background and Priorities of European Rural ... - RuDI

CONTENTS
1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4
2. The Changing Scope and Priorities of Rural Development: The Academic Perspective. 5
2.1. Policy Antecedents: Challenges and Opportunities................................................. 5
2.2. Buzz words and Schools of Thought...................................................................... 15
2.3. Styles of rural development policy delivery............................................................ 20
3. The Policy Response: EU Rural Development Policy .................................................... 23
3.1. Scope, Policy Principles, Approaches and Implementation Framework................ 23
3.2. Coherence of Agricultural and Rural Development Policies .................................. 41
4. Current approaches to rural development policy in member states; some impressions
from the Country Profiles......................................................................................................... 48
4.1. Path Dependency and the role of Policy Traditions............................................... 48
4.2. Relationships between RDPs and Regional Policy................................................ 50
4.3. Relationships with Nationally Funded Rural Development .................................... 51
4.4. Overall balance and strategic focus of the RDPs .................................................. 54
4.5. Governance: Programme Development and Implementation Processes.............. 55
5. Discussion: The Relationship between the Theoretical Debate and Conceptual
Frameworks, and EU Policy Principles and Implementation................................................... 58
5.1. The High Level Policy-Making Environment .......................................................... 58
5.2. Implementation within the MS and the Regions..................................................... 60
6. Conclusions; Key findings............................................................................................... 62
6.1. Research –Policy links ........................................................................................... 62
6.2. Some Common Constraints ................................................................................... 62
6.3. Some “Green Shoots” of Change........................................................................... 64
The Country Profile Reports .................................................................................................... 66
References .............................................................................................................................. 67