Governance and Institutional Governance and Institutional ChangeChange::

in a in a Slovene Rural CommunitySlovene Rural Community

PhD Research ProposalRODELA Romina

IDARI PhD student

IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina

SLOVENIASLOVENIA

Population: 1 994 705Men: 975 577Women: 1 019 128

Area (sq km): 20 273 Water (sq km): 122 Land (sq km): 20,151 •

IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina

Environmental and socio-economic current issues of Slovene rural communities

1. Nitrogen emissions and other dangerous substances;

2. Migration

3. Ageing rural population (Farm owners 4.487, <36)

- missing urban/rural dialogue

4. Expanding urban areas to the detriment of natural resources (wetlands, fertile land,..)

5. Poor infrastructure

The average Slovene farm

 

< 35 years 35 - 44 years 45 - 54 years 55 - 64 years > 64 years

owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF owners FWF

SLO (tot)

44872448.7

513222

7163.63

19979 10881. 20942 13234. 27706 10962.

• Family farm, 4,7 ha (Erjavec, Rendak and Volk, 1998) • 4.5% of GDP • 7% total employment in the years after transition

FWF - Full working force, Source: Statistic Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia 2002,

…and than

What challenges the enlargement will bring to Slovene rural communities ?

• New instructions “how to farm”; Directives, Regulations

• New role of local governance

action of the citizen,

action of the local authority

• New conception of the natural environment

Theoretical Framework

• Recognizing the role of:

local authorities

rural communities

• Recognizing the interdependence of the biophysical and socio-economic system

The focus will be the research the- institutional setting-

toward an integrated and sustainable rural development.

Understand the human behaviour

• Identify and analyse behaviour of various rural actors

• Understand the means of innovations diffusion (agent-based modelling).

Understand the system

• Understand the system dynamics • Recognising system characteristics• Identify potential “blocked-in”

mechanisms

Research Method

• Qualitative; to approach values, perceptions attitudes; (Ethnography)

• Quantiaitve: measurements, distribution, etc.

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