Rural change and public policy: Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Australia (Pergamon policy studies on international development)

Rural Change and Public Policy: Eastern Europe, Latin America and Australia examines rural change and related public policies in three contrasting areas of the world to identify common problems and gain insight and understanding of the change process. This book is organized into five parts encompassing 15 chapters. Part I provides a conceptual background useful in examining rural development issues in an international perspective, focusing on economic development, usually the central question in public policy deliberations on rural areas. This part also emphasizes the interdependence between rural and urban areas as well as the importance of rural-urban regional inequity considerations. Part II deals with the critical role of government in influencing and directing rural change, while Part III surveys some of the changing attitudes and attitudinal responses of rural residents experiencing social, political, educational, and/or economic change. Part IV considers the broad issue of rural workers and employment opportunities, a critical issue in rural societies. Part V looks into the problems of land utilization and land tenure. Content: Pergamon Titles of Related Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Introduction , Pages vii-xiv , William P. Avery, Richard E. Lonsdale 1 - Rural Development Issues: An International Perspective , Pages 3-17 , Niles Hansen 2 - Political Management of Rural Change in Eastern Europe , Pages 21-35 , Andrzej Korbonski 3 - Government Intervention in Rural Australia , Pages 36-61 , Bruce Ryan 4 - The State and Society in Rural Latin America , Pages 62-80 , William P. Avery 5 - Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes Among the Peasantry of Eastern Europe , Pages 83-110 , Ivan Volgyes 6 - Farmers’ Attitudes and Adjustment to Socioeconomic Change in Agriculture: A Case Study of Australia , Pages 111-128 , David A. Chisholm, Robert Q. Hanham 7 - Social Change Through Education: Problems of Planning in Rural Australia , Pages 129-155 , Janice J. Monk 8 - Problems of Educational Reform and Rural Development in Latin America: Some Lessons from Cuba , Pages 156-175 , Rolland G. Paulston 9 - Peasant Workers in Romania , Pages 179-194 , Trond Gilberg 10 - The Quest for Regional Equity and Employment Opportunity in Rural Australia , Pages 195-211 , Richard E. Lonsdale 11 - Peruvian Rural Society and the Impact of Agrarian Reform , Pages 212-228 , David Guillet 12 - The Search for Economic Viability in East European Agriculture , Pages 231-252 , Karen Rosenblum-Cale 12 - Agrarian Reform in Costa Rica, 1942–1976: The Evolution of a Program , Pages 253-275 , Mitchell A. Seligson 14 - Irrigation Agriculture: Catalyst for Rural Change , Pages 276-296 , John J. Pigram 15 - Peasant Pressure Groups and Agrarian Reform in Honduras, 1962–1977 , Pages 297-320 , Neale J. Pearson Index , Pages 321-324 About the Contributors , Pages 325-327 Edited By William P. Avery, Richard E. Lonsdale, Ivan Volgyes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.