Sustainability and Short-term Policies

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Contents: Preface Introduction: exploring short-termism and sustainability: temporal mechanisms in spatial policies, Terry Marsden, Stefan SjA blom, Kjell Andersson and Sarah Skerratt Part I Temporary Policy Measures: Leader as a means for strengthening rural development capacity: from project output to the embedding of outcomes, Lars Larsson and Cecilia WaldenstrA m To be or not to bea |political? Development discourse, participatory instruments and programme-based approach to public action in Tunisia, Aude-Annabelle Canesse The democratic implications of project organisations - a case study of LEADER-projects in Finland, Sebastian Godenhjelm, Johan Munck af RosenschA ld, Kanerva Kuokkanen, Kjell Andersson and Stefan SjA blom Temporary guides and long term policy challenges: the view from remote Australia, Dean Carson and Daniela Stehlik. Part II Effects and Outcomes: Overcoming short-termism? Building sustainable eco-clusters in rural Devon, Terry Marsden, Lummina Horlings and Yoko Kanemasu The need to shift rural community development from projects towards resilience: international implications of findings in Scotland, Sarah Skerratt Understanding short-termism: development policy in Paris, Budapest and their surrounding settlements, Bernadett CsurgA^3, Imre KovA!ch and Nicole Mathieu Temporal dimensions of governance: a critical analysis of projects, Steven Wolf Mobilizing civil society for environmental protection in a context dominated by industrial agriculture avoiding projects, Cornelia Butler Flora and Michael Delaney. Part III Intermediaries in Spatial Policy Interventions: Institutions and networks in rural development: two case studies from Hungary, BoldizsA!r Megyesi Wind energy exchanges and rural development in Italy, Giorgio Osti From business to territorial and social networks in rural development? Experiences from rural Valencia (Spain), Javier Esparcia Conclusion: progressing from governance challenges to approaching a must hita (TM) spatial policy targets, Kjell Andersson, Stefan SjA blom, Terry Marsden and Sarah Skerratt Index.