Win or Lose in Rural Development

Chapter 1 Reinvigorating Rural Values and Action—The Shift Towards New Perspectives on Rural Development

Chapter 2 Schools of Pastoralism. Between Institutions, Groups of Interest, Local/Regional Stakeholders and National/European Frameworks for Rural Development

Chapter 3 Rural Depopulation, Civil Society and Its Participation in the Political Arena in Spain: Rise and Fall of ‘Emptied Spain’ as a New Political Actor?

Chapter 4 How Do Local Action Groups Connect to External Development Institutions? A Webometric Analysis in Digital and Geographical Space

Chapter 5 The Role of Local Factors in the Spatial Concentrations for Rural Development. An Application in the Apulia Region (Italy)

Chapter 6 Convergences and Divergences in Rural Community Resilience—Case Studies from Ireland and the United Kingdom

Chapter 7 Short Food Supply Chains and Rural Development. Notes from the LEADER Approach and the National Strategy for Internal Areas in the Molise Region (Italy)

Chapter 8 The Role of Cooperation and Tourism in Rural Development—Long-term Research Activities in the Alpujarra of Almería (Spain)

Chapter 9 European LEADER Programme (2014–2022) and Local Action for Territorial Development: The Paradox of Innovation

Chapter 10 The Practice of Neo-Endogenous Rural Development in Extremadura (Spain): 2014–2020. A Case Study of La Vera, Valle del Jerte and Valle del Ambroz

Chapter 11 The Valorization of Agri-Food and Forestry Products as an Example of Innovation and Multifunctionality in the LEADER Approach in Castilla y León

Chapter 12 When Project-Based Rural Development Undermines Meaningful Activity—A Narrative Interpretation of Project Experiences in Finland

Chapter 13 Can Successful Promotion of Tourism Prevent Rural Depopulation? A Case Study of Soportújar (Spain)

Chapter 14 Starting a Business Through LEADER as a Means of Combatting Rural Depopulation. Obstacles that Prevented Women and Young People from Doing So

Chapter 15 Failed Projects Applied by Firms Under the LEADER Programme. An Analysis for Andalusia

Chapter 16 A Failed Project is Not Necessarily a Non-executed Project. LEADER Projects in Rural Development and Depopulation in Andalusia

Chapter 18 The Difficult, Limited Involvement of Public Actors in the LEADER Programme. Initiatives Which Got Left Behind in the Rural Areas of Andalusia

Chapter 19 The Projects that Might Have Been. Exploring the Reasons Behind the Failure of LEADER Projects. Reflections from the Local Action Groups in Andalusia (Spain)