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This work is based on reports from a research project funded by the European Union for the purpose of investigating differential economic performance among rural areas in similar geographic and policy environments in Scotland, Greece, Germany, and Sweden. The report identifies and measures the impac

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This book....appears at a crucial point in time and it is hoped that it will reinforce and give solid arguments to those forces in Europe and world-wide which try to strengthen countervailing powers against the sole rule of market forces. The fact that this study was commissioned by the European Union may be a positive sign.... - Walter B. Stohr, Professor Emeritus, University of Commerce and Business Administration, Vienna ....strongly recommend....This book reports the results of an innovative and ambitious program of international comparative research on a topic of critical importance for social and economic development in more developed countries.....the first internationally comparative project to systematically examine factors associated with differences in well being among rural areas in different national contexts.....I am very impressed with the even-handed treatment this research gives to both tangible factors (such as resources, infrastructures, and capital) and intangible factors (such as institutions, networks, communities).....[This book] will be of use to development practitioners, and to local, regional, and international bodies with a concern for local development. It will also have a place in the college classroom in courses focused on rural and regional development......You can't go wrong with this book, it's a winner! - David L. Brown, Professor of Development Sociology and Director of Polson Institute for Global Development, Cornell University

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John Bryden is Co-Director of The Arkleton Institute for Rural Development Research and Chair of Human Geography at the University of Aberdeen. Keith Hart is a Senior Research Fellow at the The Arkleton Institute and was formerly Director of the African Studies Centre at Cambridge University. Both have held visiting appointments in the USA and Canada.

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