Ruth McAreavey - Rural Development Theory and Practice

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19. Rural Development Theory and Practice

Ruth McAreavey

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McAreavey, Ruth.
Rural development theory and practice / by Ruth McAreavey.
p. cm.(Routledge studies in development and society ; 19)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Rural development. I. Title.
HN49.C6M234 2009
307.1'412dc22
2008047609

ISBN13: 978-1-135-90714-3 ePub ISBN

ISBN10: 0-415-95764-8 (hbk)

ISBN10: 0-203-87812-4 (ebk)

ISBN13: 978-0-415-95764-9 (hbk)

ISBN13: 978-0-203-87812-5 (ebk)

I am indebted to many people and I would not be able to mention them all here. That is not to belittle each of their input: I am extremely grateful to my family along with the colleagues, teachers and mentors that I have had throughout my career. I would nonetheless like to mention just a few by na me.

Rachel Woodward and Philip Lowe both contributed to the development of my ideas around notions of rural development. Trevor Newsom helped these ideas come to fruition. Meanwhile Sally Shor tall has been entirely inspiring since the first day I met her. It was Sally who gave me the idea to write this book and I am grateful for her ceaseless encouragement, advice and support.

Finally, just in case I was in danger of retreating into an esoteric world of rural development, power and micro-politics, my young sons Isaac and Luca have been there to keep me grounded. This book has been written bet ween tantrums, teething and general toddler turmoil. So my thanks to Steve for continued listening and good humour.