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There is a growing realisation that agriculture is a central mechanism for delivering sustainable rural development in Europe. However, agro-industrial and postproductivist logics and dynamics have largely tended to marginalise its significance. In this paper we explore some of the conceptual...

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Studies examining the additionality of Structural Funds in UK regions have emphasised the dominant 'gatekeeping' role played by central government. This has been explained by the 'global' interpretation of additionality adopted by UK central government, coupled with the absence of a strong tier...

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An emergent heterodox approach is challenging the prevailing orthodoxy of thinking, doing, and governing economic development, particularly at the subnational, regional, and local levels. Looking at underlying debates concerning institutionalism and a `new centrism', the author draws together...

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