The Learning Rural Area Framework
A Heuristic Tool to Investigate Institutional Arrangements which Support Collaboration in Rural Areas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3118997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wiebke Wellbrock (Fachgruppe Ländliche Soziologie Universität Hohenheim Schloss, Museumsflügel 70599 Stuttgart Germany, corresponding author), Dirk Roep (0000-0002-1728-2185, Rural Sociology Group Wageningen University Hollandseweg 1 6706 KN Wageningen The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-124 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soru.12049 |
| OpenAlex | W1499777229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 50 |
Place-based approaches to rural development require the collaboration of public and private actors. Such collaboration may be stimulated through joint learning and innovation processes which are supported by various institutional arrangements. There is, however, reason to question the effectiveness of existing institutional arrangements. The learning rural area framework is introduced as a tool to map, analyse and evaluate the operational features of (institutional) arrangements supporting joint learning and innovation in rural areas. Its application is discussed with reference to the Westerkwartier in the Netherlands and other rural areas. It will be shown how the framework can serve as an interactive tool to enhance joint reflexivity, facilitate wider collaboration and help build collective agency. Its potential as a tool for designing and implementing more effective institutional arrangements, catalysing institutional reform and bringing about more collaborative modes of governance should be further explored
Agency (philosophy) · Business · Collaborative governance · Collaborative learning · Corporate governance · Heuristic · Joint (building) · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Reflexivity · Rural area · Sociology · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Rural development and sustainability
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
From learning to fragile governance
Exploring cooperative place-based approaches to restorative agriculture
Social innovation in rural areas to promote Sustainable Development
Local public-private partnerships to promote innovation in agricultural value chains
Grassroots innovation movements
Industrial districts as ‘learning regions’
Neo-Endogenous Rural Development in the EU
Social innovation and sustainability; how to disentangle the buzzword and its application in the field of agriculture and rural development
Establishment and embedding of innovation brokers at different innovation system levels
The Regional Innovation Paradox
Institutional Entrepreneurship for Knowledge Regions
Rethinking rural futures
Institutions, Power and Space
Reinventing Institutions
Arranging public support to unfold collaborative modes of governance in rural areas
Networks — a new paradigm of rural development
Differences in economic development in rural regions of advanced countries
Are rural development programmes socially inclusive? Social inclusion, civic engagement, participation, and social capital
Engaging the global countryside
Responding to environmental change
Connecting place, policy and leadership
Towards Alternative Model(s) of Local Innovation
Networking
Spaces of Innovation
Progressing Integrated Rural Development
From Learning Region to Learning in a Socio-spatial Context
Regional “Worlds” of Production
The Learning Region
The End of the Learning Region as We Knew It; Towards Learning in Space
Do Institutions Matter for Regional Development
Policy without polity? Policy analysis and the institutional void
Toward the learning region
Regionalism as resistance
The New Rural Paradigm
Geographies of responsibility
Regions unbound
Disintegrated Rural Development? Neo-endogenous Rural Development, Planning and Place-Shaping in Diffused Power Contexts
A Perspective on the Sociology of Development
Introduction
Leader and Innovation
Unfolding Webs
A Space for Place in Sociology
Rural Policy and Direct Local Participation
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |