Focusing on the demands of the new innovative, sustainable and inclusive rural development paradigm, the monograph raises the discussion regarding new approaches and success factors that are vital in current rural socio-economic development and policy transformations. The bottom-up policymaking, self-organization, creative use of knowledge in rural areas, and many other rural innovations are aligned in this book with new social movements' theories, which help disclose, explore and explain the rural development paradigm shift. Rural development forces of the 21 st century center on the agents of change - rural population, and, surprisingly - urban population(!), and the political debate concerning EU Common Agricultural Policy and European Green Deal, illustrated with multiple case studies. This book will be of interest to a broad audience of readers, keen on scientific, political, and practical issues of innovations in rural areas and their future development pathways.

The monograph is authored by a team of scholars from the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Department of Rural Development.

Examines the interconnected nature of transf?orming agricultural business and rural communities Uses Lithuania as a lens through which to compare the development of former Communist, and Western, agricultural business Explores how UN regulation and policy is implemented at the local level

Autorentext
Dr. Rita Vilk is a senior researcher and her main research interests are social responsibility in economically viable and sustainable regional and rural development, modern business models. Dr. Dalia Vidickien is a principal researcher and her main interest centers on rural development and regional innovation policy, strategic management and business models, paradigm innovations. Dr. ivil Gedminait -Raudon is a senior researcher and her main research focus is sustainable regional and rural development, circular economy, innovation ecosystems. Dr. Vitalija Simonaityt is a researcher and her recent research focus is sustainable regional and rural development policy, interest groups, local and regional actors. Erika Ribaauskien is a researcher and her research focus is sustainable regional and rural development practices, local and regional stakeholders, rural crafts, and business models.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: New Social Movements: Theories and Approaches.- Chapter 3: Social Movements as Drivers of Paradigm Innovations in Rural Development.- Chapter 4: Actors of New Rural Social Movements as Agents of Change.- Chapter 5: Rural Paradigm Shift and New Social Movements in the European Union.- Chapter 6: Industrial Rural Development Paradigm Grounded Social Movements.- Chapter: 7. Industrial Rural Development Paradigm Shift-Focused Social Movements.- Chapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion: Rural Social Movements in the Context of Rural Development Paradigm Shift.