Mapping the rural problem in the Baltic countryside : transition processes in the rural areas of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania / edited by Ilkka Alanen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alanen, Ilkka.

Series:

Perspectives on rural policy and planning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--Baltic States.

Industrialization.

Rural development.

Rural conditions.

Baltic States--Rural conditions.

Baltic States.

Rural development--Baltic States.

Physical Description:

xi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Rural problematics in the Baltic countries / Ilkka Alanen

The transformation of agricultural systems in the Baltic countries : a critique of the World Bank's concept / Ilkka Alanen

Rural communities in the Baltic states and post-communist transition / Rein Ruutsoo

Constructing capitalist firms : former socialist industrial complexes and their struggle for survival / Jouko Nikula

Networks, skills and trust : the necessary ingredients of rural entrepreneurship in the Baltic countries? / Jouko Nikula

From agriculture to tourism : constructing new relations between rural nature and culture in Lithuania and Finland / Leo Granberg

Trends in development in Lithuanian agricultural policy / Donatas Stanikunas, Irena Krisciukaitiene, Romualdas Zemeckis

Means of subsistence and welfare in a small rural community in south Estonia / Raija-Liisa Kämäräinen

Rural community initiatives in the Latvian countryside / Talis Tisenkopfs, Sandra Sumane

The adjustment of the elderly to socio-economic change in rural Estonia / Leeni Hansson, Marjatta Marin

The significance of the research results / Ilkka Alanen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754634345

OCLC:

55228417