CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Rural development: Actors and practices
Chapter 3 Activities, actants and actors: Theoretical perspectives on development practice and
practitioners
Chapter 4 Is multifunctionality the road to empowering farmers?
Chapter 5 Peasant innovation and grassroots action in China
Chapter 6 Seeds and sprouts of rural development: Innovations and nested markets in small scale
on-farm processing by family farmers in south Brazil
Chapter 7 Hidden treasures: Reconnecting culture and nature in rural development dynamics
Chapter 8 Rural development from the grassroots: Twenty years of the EU “Leader Approach”
Chapter 9 The distinctiveness of rural development practices in north west Europe
Chapter 10 Towards the characterization of actors engaged in rural development
processes in the north west of Europe
Chapter 11 Weaving the institutional market: The politics of food production in land reform
settlements in Brazil
Chapter 12 Revisiting evolving webs of agri-food and rural development in the UK: The case of
Devon and Shetland
Chapter 13 Conclusion: Reproducing future in rural area
