The model of post-socialist rural transition: openness and (un)learning versus informal relations

Dela

关键词: agriculture geography;    rural areas;    regional development;    Estonia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this article is to discuss development issues at the locality level.Below, we are working with the learning economy theory and the conceptof bottom-up indigenous development in combination with other approaches.The principal transformation model for the post-soviet rural areas furtherdevelopment is elaborated.The acknowledgement of local social networks is crucial, especially in economicallydecreasing areas. Innovation and development potential in ruralareas with primary sector dominance, where few service industries andjobs have been created, remain usually low. Improving infrastructures andcreating jobs by outside authorities (state subsidies) and enterprises onlywill not be enough for the sustainable economic development of a localityor a region.Besides, in the case of strengthening informal structures and behaviour,local (self)exclusion will tend to grow as a side effect in these areas. The(self)closeness of the society can be considered as an important impedimentto indigenous development.

【 授权许可】

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