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Zimmerbauer, Kaj; Paasi, Anssi – Journal of Rural Studies, 2013
Regions as well as their identities and borders are social and discursive constructs that are produced and removed in contested, historically contingent and context-bound processes of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization. This article studies the deinstitutionalization of regions in the context of municipality amalgamations and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Regional Characteristics, Regional Planning
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Muilu, Toivo – Journal of Rural Studies, 2010
The aim of this paper is to discuss the needs and demands which rural research faces at the interface between research and development. The case study area is northern Finland, which constitutes the most remote and sparsely populated areas of the European Union. This paper is based on the tradition of rural research since the 1980s in connection…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities