This project is a post-doc project and intends to finalize of a book on rural policy. This book is based on my PhD thesis â??Multilevel Governance in the Making: The Community Initiative LEADER+ in Finland and Germanyâ? (Kull, 2008). I am in contact with publishers and submitted a book proposal to two of them already. The new book â??European Integration and the Rural - Actors, Institutions and Powerâ? will shift the focus on Europeâ??s countryside, a field that his hardly present in the scholarly debate of political and administrative scientists dealing with European integration issues. By shedding light on rural development policies, the book moves beyond the usual focus of studies interested in multi-level interaction in EU policy-making (e.g. regional policy). It is interested in grassroots level and examines spaces where EU policies are close to the EUâ??s citizens. My main argument is that the Community Initiative LEADER+ has created a space for multi-level interaction and local-level involvement in rural Europe. This space has enabled highly motivated people to actively contribute to the improvement of the quality of life and economy in Europeâ??s countryside. However, their actions have also been dependent of national and local power structures and restricted by national administrative practices, implementation approaches and cultures.
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Hankkeen kesto 2012 - 2013
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HUOM! Tämä tutkimushankekuvaus on tuotettu Hankehaaviin Maa- ja elintarviketalouden tutkimuskeskuksen tutkimustietojärjestelmästä, jota ei enää ylläpidetä. Tarkista ajantaiset tutkimushanketiedot Luonnonvarakeskus Luken järjestelmästä.
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