Rural Cooperation in Europe

Susan Bestwick, University of Lincoln, UKGary Bosworth, University of Lincoln, UKEva Cudlinova, University of South Bohemia, Czech RepublicKonrad Czapiewski, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandMaria Della Lucia, University of Trento, ItalyPat Enright, University College Cork, IrelandEva Fekete, University of Miskolc, HungaryFrank Go, Erasmus University, The NetherlandsJesse Heley, Aberystwyth University, UKMiloslav Lapka, University of South Bohemia, Czech RepublicUmberto Martini, University of Trento, ItalyTom Mordue, Northumbria University, UKRobert Newbery, Plymouth University, UKMary O'Shaughnessy, University College Cork, IrelandMartin Pelucha, University of South Bohemia, Czech RepublicKim Pollerman, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, GermanyMariapina Trunfio, University of Naples Parthenope, ItalyAlex Warlow, West Wales Consulting, UKMarcin Wójcik, University of ?ód?, Poland

• Introduction: Exploring the Rural through a Relational Lens; Edward Kasabov 1. The Character of Rural Business Relations; Robert Newbery and Gary Bosworth 2. Institutional Cooperation and Service Delivery in Rural Ireland; Mary O'Shaughnessy and Patrick Enright 3. Cross-Community Cooperation in Post-Socialist Hungarian Rural Space; Eva Fekete 4. Class Conflict and Social Change in the British Countryside, 1990-2013: Urban Values Rural Issues; Sue Bestwick 5. Performing the Rural through Game-Angling; Tom Mordue 6. Reviewing and Renewing Class: The Prospects for a 21st Century Rural Class Analysis; Jesse Heley 7. Governing Sustainable Tourism: European Networked Rural Villages; Frank Go, Maria Della Lucia, Mariapina Trunfio and Umberto Martini 8. Rural Development Policy in the Framework of the Knowledge-Based Economy: Selective Impacts and Solutions in the Case of the Czech Republic; Martin Pelucha, Eva Cudlinova and Miloslav Lapka 9. Processes of Cooperation in Rural Areas: Obstacles, Driving Forces and Options for Encouragement; Kim Pollerman 10. Toward a Post-Structuralist and Cultural Turn in Researching Rurality in Poland: A Geographical Perspective; Konrad Czapiewski and Marcin Wójcik 11. Re-Thinking Rural Conflict and Cooperation Difficulties; Alex Warlow and Edward Kasabov Conclusion; Edward Kasabov