The restructuring of local government in rural regions: A rural development perspective |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Ankara, Turkey;2. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Izmir, Turkey;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3. College of Resources Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;1. Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Spatial Management, Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland;2. Wrocław University, Institute of Geography and Regional Development, Department of Spatial Management, Kuźnicza 49/55, 50-138 Wrocław, Poland;3. Rural Economy and Development Programme, Teagasc, Athenry, Ireland;1. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany;2. Thünen Institute, Institute of Farm Economics, Bundesallee 63, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany;1. College of Public Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China;2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;3. Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, CAS, Beijing 100101, China;1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Key Laboratory of Degraded and Unused Land Consolidation Engineering, The Ministry of Land and Resources of China, Beijing 100101, China |
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| Abstract: | Rural development is a multidimensional phenomenon. The political dimension, relating as it does to power, resources, accountability, priorities and choice, is a pivotal aspect of rural development. Local government is often the centrepiece of rural political systems. Interventions to reconfigure local government are therefore quintessentially rural development initiatives. They serve to supplement, neutralize or detract from other development initiatives. One way to critically examine local government restructuring policies and programmes is to determine the extent to which they accord with commonly held principles of rural development, both in terms of outcomes and process. This research critically examines a particular public policy intervention in rural Ontario, Canada. Through the application of rural development principles and criteria, it concludes that the process was antithetical to rural development, and in terms of outcomes, of dubious value. It poses several questions and challenges for rural development theory, including governance, and practice. |
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