Mapping the Rural Problem in the Baltic Countryside - Transition Processes in Rural Areas of Estonia, Latvia Lithuania

List of contents

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 and 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 and Sandra Sumane; The adjustment of the elderly to socio - economic change in rural Estonia, Leeni Hansso and Marjatta Marin; The significance of the research results, Ilkka Alanen; Annex tables and figures; Index.

About the author

Alanen Ilkka

Summary

The agricultural privatization strategy adopted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was based on the premise that family farms are the most effective alternative to socialist large-scale agriculture. This book provides a critical and comparative analysis of the implementation of this policy, and in particular the strategy promoted by the World Bank.

Product details

• Authors: Ilkka Alanen
• Assisted by: Ilkka Alanen (Editor), Alanen Ilkka (Editor), Henry Buller (Editor of the series), Owen Furuseth (Editor of the series), Andrew Gilg (Editor of the series), Keith Hoggart (Editor of the series), Mark Lapping (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815390411
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9041-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Geography