Reflections on participation in rural development. Social redistribution or the reinforcement of power? LEADER and PRODER in the south of Spain

Authors

  • Francisco Navarro Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
  • Eugenio Cejudo Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
  • Juan Carlos Maroto Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612014000300010

Keywords:

regional and local development, local government, development planning.

Abstract

Participation is a basic pillar of rural development. However, for several reasons (ie. political control, predominant top-down control models, focus on economic projects, etc.), the main contributions of Rural Development Programmes (RDPÍ€™s) are controlled by a limited group of people Í€“ mainly local economic and political elites. Disadvantaged groups (such as women, young people, farm workers, unemployed, etc.) have been excluded. As such, it follows that rural development applications have a tendency to reinforce existing power structures. This is corroborated by an analysis of the implementation of RDPÍ€™s in the province of Grenade, from 1991 to 2006.

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Published

2014-09-02

How to Cite

Navarro, F., Cejudo, E., & Maroto, J. C. (2014). Reflections on participation in rural development. Social redistribution or the reinforcement of power? LEADER and PRODER in the south of Spain. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 40(121). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612014000300010

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Vol. 40 No. 121 (2014)

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