scholarly journals Active social policy as a chance for endogenous rural development

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 554-558
Author(s):  
E. Kučerová
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Passive State ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Civic Society ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Events ◽  
One Year

Since 1990s, the discussion about the Czech social policy emphasizes more the necessity to change this policy from passive state social policy towards an active social policy. The latter includes the activities of people in the frames of formal (e.g. NGOs) and informal groups, and therefore also the concept of civic society is accentuated in this respect. Although this concept might be understood in different ways, its common characterization is a spontaneous non-political self-expression of individuals and their groups (the activity that was suppressed before 1989). Through the self-expression, the individuals realize their particular interests. When thinking about active social policy in the frames of civic society, we might assume that the conditions for its implementation are better for the actors in small rural communities. These more favourable conditions are assumed due to the traits of rural communities – e.g. personal, non-anonymous relations, good knowledge and familiarity with particular social problems, etc. However, the actors who try to contribute to active social policy are constrained/controlled in their activities by other community members. The level of these constrains depends on the configuration of social and cultural capital (Bourdieu). The author of the text is for more than one year involved in empirical research in one Czech village. Using qualitative methods she investigates various social events and actors who participate in active social policy (in relation to those who are supposed to participate in this policy as responsible agents). The author assumes that the participation in active social policy is one of the sources of integrated endogenous rural development, while passive social policy (institutionally backed by the state) is more related to exogenous rural development. However, there is a question how the very actors (active members of rural community) do approach this participation and how the other members of rural community evaluate their activities in the sphere of social policy.

scholarly journals Working with community researchers to enhance rural community engagement around Private Water Supplies: an exploration of the benefits and challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 146879412097888
Author(s):  
Rachel Creaney ◽  
Mags Currie ◽  
Paul Teedon ◽  
Karin Helwig
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Employment Opportunities

This project employed community researchers as a means of improving community engagement around their Private Water Supplies (PWS) in rural Scotland. In this paper, we reflect on working with community researchers in terms of the benefits and challenges of the approach for future rural research that seeks to improve community engagement. The paper (1) critiques the involvement of community researchers for rural community engagement, drawing on the experiences in this project and (2) provides suggestions for good practice for working with community researchers in rural communities’ research. We offer some context in terms of the role of community members in research, the importance of PWS, our approach to community researchers, followed by the methodological approach and findings and our conclusions to highlight that community researchers can be beneficial for enhancing community engagement, employability, and social capital. Future community researcher approaches need to be fully funded to ensure core researchers can fulfil their duty of care, which should not stop when data collection is finished. Community researchers need to be supported in two main ways: as continuing faces of the project after the official project end date and to transfer their newly acquired skills to future employment opportunities.

scholarly journals The Impact of Radio Broadcast in Local Dialect on Rural Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Iddirisu Andani Mu-azu ◽  
G.P. Shivram
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Local Dialect ◽  
Fm Radio ◽  
Radio Broadcast ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe paper set out a platform to investigate the impact of FM radio broadcast in local dialects on rural community development in the Tamale Metropolis of Northern Ghana. The study adopts survey design and also employs probability proportional techniques to select communities for the study. The main thrust of this paper is on the impact of local dialect on rural community development, preferences of development programmes and the community’s participation in the production of radio programmes. Out of 400 questionnaires distributed, 392 was retrieved and analysed. From the results, it is established that local dialect broadcast on radio have an impact on development of rural communities. Also, it improves awareness and knowledge of solutions to community’s development problems in education, agriculture, environment, culture, politics and religion. The paper compare target audience’s preference for local dialect radio programmes to other similar content programmes that were not broadcast in local dialect. It concludes that radio broadcast in local dialect plays a pivotal role in bridging the communication gap between government and rural communities. It proved to be one of the effective mode of communication at the grass-root level. The study shows a positive role played by the indigenous dialect’s radio programmes and recommends that rural development programmes on radio should be packaged in local language. Thus, enhances listenership, interest and positive desired behavioural change.Key Words: Impact, FM Radio Broadcast, Local Dialect, Rural Development, Ghana. 

scholarly journals Rural Community Development: A Community State Approach

1976 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jon M. Conrad ◽  
Barry C. Field
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Development Alternatives

Research in rural community development is being pursued in a number of different directions. One of these is the identification and analysis of economic development alternatives facing rural communities. A second is the clarification and study of the preferences that rural communities may have with respect to these alternatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for integrating these two thrusts in rural development research.

scholarly journals VOCATIONAL PURPOSEFULNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIO-ENVIRONMENT FACTORS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina KOVALČIKIENĖ ◽  
Sonata MILUSAUSKIENE
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Environment Factors ◽  
School Senior ◽  
Implementation Of Innovations

The development of rural businesses and the implementation of innovations in rural areas depends on possibilities to realize individual’s potential, and the opportunities to develop initiative and creativity of young people. The aim of the study was to reveal the significance of socio-environment factors for the vocational decision making of senior pupils from secondary school in rural areas. The factors were analyzed from the viewpoint of senior pupils and members of rural community. The object of the research – the socio-environment factors of vocational purposefulness of young people in rural communities. The research tasks focus on the attitudes of rural community members and young people toward factors that influence the vocational purposefulness of youth in rural areas. Also, the differences between two groups were analyzed. The sample consisted of 280 respondents: 100 secondary school senior pupils (56% girls and 44% boys, the mean age – 16 years) and 180 rural community members (80% women and 20% men, 35 years old in average). Based on the works of researchers in the area of vocational orientation and purposefulness, the questionnaire was compiled. The results revealed that socio-environment factors are important for the purposeful decision making on the vocational choice of youth in rural areas. From the view point of rural community members, the main factors are: family traditions, the profession’s prestige in society, the influence of parents, friends and important others, and family conditions. According to the opinion of senior pupils from secondary school, the important factors are: family conditions and traditions, friends and other important people, as well as profession status in the rural community. Recommendations for development of young people’s vocational purposefulness in rural areas are presented.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Wind Turbines in Rural Communities A Case Study of Orono, Ontario

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn Adams
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Local Wind ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Aesthetic Value

Wind energy in Ontario is gaining momentum as one of the most widely used renewable resources. Granted the opportunities and capacity for wind turbine production in Ontario, there is still resistance to implementation and development. This paper will examine rural community members perceptions based on a case study in Orono, Ontario. It will use the not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) theory to examine which other factors such as health concerns, aesthetic value, and economic impacts influence members’ perceptions of wind energy. A survey was implemented through the Orono, ON Facebook group to gage displeasure, anxieties or support for the local wind turbines. Findings from this survey will help gage which factors are most important to community members. This paper will propose new policy adaptations to gain the most support from members living near wind farms in and outside of Orono.

scholarly journals Dari “Ya” Menjadi “Tidak” Studi tentang Persepsi dan Sikap Masyarakat Desa Idamdehe terhadap Rencana Pembangunan PLTP di Idamdehe dan Idamdehe Gamsungi

KRITIS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Brian L Djumaty
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Balanced Information

Idamdehe is a village in the province of North Maluku with the potential of geothermal energy to be used for electric power. The central (government) and local government plan to develop the geothermal energy. The preparation was conducted between 2009-2012. This study aimed to describe and analyze the perceptions and attitudes of rural community in Idamdehe to geothermal energy development plan. The method used is qualitative, using data collection techniques like interviews, observation and document study. This research shows that a number of community members agreed to this plan for some reason. Those are poverty, human factors and socio-cultural factors. At the beginning the majority of people agree on the implementation of geothermal energy development plan. However, a small group in the community did not agree while others didn’t have any opinion. After the community receive balanced information from this development, their perception are changed among the rural communities of Idamdehe. Those who first agree with the plan, became hesitant and refused the development of geothermal energy.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the utilization of the public Internet terminal system in two rural communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Coleman ◽  
M. E. Herselman ◽  
S. J. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Post Offices ◽  
Factors Influencing

This research investigated the factors that influence the use of the public Internet terminal (PIT) system in the Taung and Ganyesa communities. The PIT system is placed in many post offices in these communities but the service is not adequately used by these rural community members. The overall objective of this study was to investigate, develop and recommend a solution for providing the rural communities of Taung and Gyanesa with a simple and effective way to access and utilize the PIT service and the information on it. A case study approach was used for the purpose of this study which gathered a number of findings, including lack of awareness of PIT services, lack of computer skills and confidence, and fear of technology. Other findings were the overloading of information on the PIT, use of language (not the mother tongue), and the slow response of the PIT system. The findings from this study led to some recommendations and a model for PIT use in rural communities.

scholarly journals SOCIAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COMMUNITY BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES IN LITHUANIA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judita KASPERIŪNIENĖ ◽  
Ilze IVANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Capital Development

The scholar literature on simultaneous using of social capital explore knowledge and identity resources as well as actions and interactions benefiting the community through personal bonds of individuals; issues of common trust; and adapting the current understanding in new situations. In this article, we instead examine rural community influence on social capital building of adult person in a virtual community. A quantitative survey was done in 246 local rural communities in Lithuania which reflected their community activities on a virtual basis. From the data of 500 informants we found that rural community (human social network) members were also active in the virtual communities. Research participants from rural communities expressed their will to be the part of a virtual community and virtually solve various local community issues. Active members of virtual communities actively participated in live community activities. Local community members peer-learned while sharing knowledge and experience in virtual communities. We argue that belonging to a virtual community inspire rural community members to train their virtual and live communication skills and peer-learn. Virtual community could contribute to self-regulated learning by stimulating sense of sociality and identity of rural community members. Virtual community could operate as self-regulated learning space for rural community members. Social capital development would be more intensive when the members of rural community actively engage in social communication, cooperation and exchange of information, and mentor each other. This survey highlights the virtual community influence the social capital building of rural community members in Lithuanian context.

scholarly journals Examining Extension-Supported Rural Community Coalitions During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Catherine Jones ◽  
Abigail Borron ◽  
Alexa Lamm ◽  
Catherine Dobbins ◽  
Ellen Farmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Extension Education ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Coalition ◽  
Community Capitals ◽  
Community Capitals Framework ◽  
Community Resiliency ◽  
The Face

Key informant interviews with extension-supported community coalition members in five rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic were used to examine the unique characteristics of rural community resiliency in the face of a crisis based on the community capitals framework. Using a thematic analysis, seven different human and material capitals were examined in community members’ reactions to a “black swan” event. Rural community coalition members shared their perspectives on the vitality of their community in the face of adversity which revealed obstacles extension professionals can support through community development efforts focused on building resiliency. The analysis identified three emergent themes: (1) juxtaposing restrictions and uncertainties with unexpected successes; (2) demonstrating resiliency through connectedness; and (3) correlating community health with changing perceptions of COVID-19. Additionally, each theme was juxtaposed with the interplay of community capitals as they related to coalition efforts in a pandemic that can assist if further developing health communication and extension education efforts within rural communities across the globe in times of crisis. Keywords: rural; resiliency; Community Capitals Framework; health communication; COVID-19

Crossing boundaries in rural research

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110142
Author(s):  
Robyn Eversole
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Community Dynamics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Rural Sociology ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Production Values ◽  
Rural Places

Rural places around the world share common issues related to their positioning outside social, political, and economic centres of power. More than simply tyranny of distance, many issues can be attributed to tyranny at distance: that is, the power of distant decision-makers to direct rural development from afar with little knowledge of rural contexts. In response to the challenge to progress a transformative research agenda for rural sociology, this article theorises a ‘cross-boundary’ approach to research for rural development, to address persisting issues of development ignorance. Cross-boundary knowledge production values the multiple, contextualised knowledges of rural people and brings these into dialogue with academic knowledges across disciplines to inform practical rural solutions. Rural sociologists, with their in-depth understanding of rural community dynamics and larger social structures, are ideally positioned to broker cross-boundary knowledge partnerships that equip rural communities to solve old problems in new ways.

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