Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction: Beyond the rural-urban divide -- A dichotomy and its life (above empirical facts) -- Differentiation processes -- Governing differentiation -- To conclude -- References -- Part I. Differentiation processes: Deep rural areas, periurban areas, post-socialist countrysides -- Chapter 1. The emerging shortage of labour in forestry in a remote coniferous region: A brake on the massive use of biofuels -- Introduction -- Paradigm shifts in regional policy -- Recent regional development in North Karelia -- Clusters of postcode areas in North Karelia -- Socio-economic dynamics in the area clusters -- Population projections in cluster areas as a continuation of recent regional development -- Will the recent regional development prevent utilization of our forest resources? -- Potentials of new employees and entrepreneurs -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2. From suburbia to rural backwater: Exurban rural development in Germany -- Introduction -- Rural restructuring and differentiation -- Factor analysis: Dimensions of differentiation -- Cluster analysis: Types of development paths -- Spatial patterns -- Internal conflicts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Why did Russia fail in its agricultural reform? A comparative analysis of property rights in Russia and the Baltic countries -- Introduction -- Shock therapy and its background -- Reform policies in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia -- Labour productivity -- Emergent farm structure in the Baltic countries -- Soviet heritage for potential future development -- Property rights or other reason? Reflections on the failure of reform in Russia -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 4. The future of rural communities in Bulgaria -- Introduction -- Ways of studying post-socialist villages: Conceptual developments and empirical results in Bulgaria -- The development of the Bulgarian village Z. -- Structures of economic activity in the village of Z. -- Migration and social structure in Z. -- The formal power versus the informal leaders -- Obstructions and possibilities in the process of social construction in the rural community of the village Z. -- Political disintegration and division in Z. -- Them and us: The gypsy minority in Z. -- Forms of village life in Z. -- Optimism and pessimism about the prospects of the village -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5. Perceptions of agriculture's multifunctional role among rural Pennsylvanians -- Introduction -- Multifunctionality of agriculture in global policy -- Agricultural multifunctionality at the local level -- Conceptualizing multifunctional agriculture in a differentiated rural space -- Study location: Pennsylvania -- Research methods -- Results -- Differentiated views on agriculture's multifunctionality -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Understanding the sociocultural processes that contribute to diversity and conformity among farmers in Australia, Finland and The Netherlands -- Introduction -- Understanding diversity with a farming styles approach -- Understanding conformity with a farming scripts approach -- Understanding conformity through farming 'parables' -- Style and script as mechanisms of conformity and diversity -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II. Governing differentiation -- Chapter 7. Rural-urban relations in livelihoods, governance and use of natural resources - Considerations of fisheries in the Finnish Archipelago Sea Region -- Introduction -- The governance approach -- Pluriactivity and life mode of the fishing livelihood.

Water ownership and rights for recreational fishers -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 8. Regimes and vital coalitions in rural-urban regions in the Netherlands -- Changes in rural-urban relations and planning problems -- Scenarios for sustainable regional development and policy-making -- Developments in policy-making -- Types of rural policy-making: Interactive region-oriented policy and self-governance -- The concept of regimes -- Problems with public-private cooperation in rural regimes -- Creating new capacity to act in regional development by vital coalitions? -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9. Overcoming jurisdictional boundaries through stakeholder engagement and collaborative governance: Lessons learned from white-tailed deer management in the U.S. -- Introduction -- Governance models and approaches to public participation -- Paradigm one: Top-down governance model -- Paradigm two: Public input governance model -- Paradigm three: Public engagement governance model -- Making progress in cross-jurisdiction governance of wildlife management on the urban-rural interface -- Complex and wicked governance problems require multi-jurisdiction conversations -- Communities of interest and communities of place -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 10. Managing spatial change in the rural-urban fringe: The role of active citizenship and civil society in the Republic of Ireland -- Introduction -- Civil society and public participation -- Limits to participation -- Spatial change in the rural-urban fringe: The case of Dublin -- Methodology and case study -- Conclusion -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11. Challenges of governance and land management on the exurban/wilderness frontier in the USA -- Introduction -- Exurban development and the wilderness frontier -- Causes of exurban development.

Changes in natural resources, communities, and governance -- Governance impacts on information access and community risk -- Governance opportunities at the wilderness frontier -- Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem -- Adirondack Park -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12. Knowledge integration and power relations: Pathways to sustainability in Madrid -- Conceptual framework: methodology -- Integrative research management as an integrative research method -- Paralysis by analysis? -- Description of the work -- Conceptual modelling -- Stakeholder engagement to orientate pathways to sustainability -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13. Finnish and Hungarian joint initiative in and for the Information Society: On the pleasure and pain of mediating in cyberspace -- Introduction -- Rural-peripheral areas and access in the Information Society -- Participant observation and action research -- Rural development practices in Finland and Hungary employing ICTs -- The story of cooperation -- Conclusions - With a last story -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References.