Local Enterprise on the North Atlantic Margin

Abstract

Part 1 Changing policies and perspectives: supporting entrepreneurship in marginal rural areas - experience from the west of Ireland, Perpetua McDonagh et al quo vadis Norwegian regional policy?, Paul Olav Berg an organizational approach to the development of regional dynamism, Roar Amdam resistance, adaptation and retrenchment in marginal regions, Richard Apostle sleeping on the mountain - homelessness on the margins, Susan Hutson and Stuart Jones policies to protect family farming in New York state and a devolved Wales - a case of convergence?, John Huston and Reginald Byron. Part 2 Evaluating local enterprise: a strategy for sustainable local development - a case from the midwest of Ireland, James A. Walsh an economic evaluation of the provision of countryside recreational opportunities - the Grampian region, Michael Christie et al the language dimension in local development - the case of Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht, Susan J. Lynch empowering communities through community action in rural Ireland - the case of Muintir na Tire, Tony Varley and Diarmuid O. Cearbhaill enterprise and resistance in the Celtic fringe - high-growth, low-growth and no-growth firms, D. Douglas et al optimizing the contribution of private forestry to the sustainable development of rural Ireland, Micheal O. Cinneide et al. Part 3 Local strategies of enterprise and adaptation: why do young people leave fishing communities in coastal Finnmark, north Norway?, Jens Christian Hansen outports under threat - systemic roots of social crisis in rural Newfoundland, Rosemary Ommer and Peter Sinclair crofting and CAP reform, Mark Shucksmith forestry resources and local sustainable development in western Norway, Jorgen Amdam strengthening links between agriculture and tourism on the rural periphery - a case study of southwest Wales, Nicholas Parrot et al labour recruitment and economic change in a peripheral economy - evidence from northwest Wales, David Jones and Stephen Jones.