Governing the Rural in Interwar Europe

Liesbeth van de Grift (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Amalia Forclaz

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Routledge
07 May 2019

Central government policies; Rural planning

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

This book examines how rural Europe as a hybrid social and natural environment emerged as a key site of local, national and international governance in the interwar years. The post-war need to secure and intensify food production, to protect contested border areas, to improve rural infrastructure and the economic viability of rural regions and to politically integrate rural populations, gave rise to a variety of schemes aimed at modernizing agriculture and remaking rural society. The volume examines discourses, institutions and practices of rural governance from a transnational perspective, revealing striking commonalities across national and political boundaries. From the village town hall to the headquarters of international organizations, local authorities, government officials and politicians, scientific experts and farmers engaged in debates about the social, political and economic future of rural communities. They sought to respond to both real and imagined concerns over poverty and decline, backwardness and insufficient control, by conceptualizing planning and engineering models that would help foster an ideal rural community and develop an efficient agricultural sector. By examining some of these local, national and international schemes and policies, this volume highlights the hitherto under-researched interaction between policymakers, experts and rural inhabitants in the European countryside of the 1920s and '30s.

Edited by: Liesbeth van de Grift (Utrecht University The Netherlands), Amalia Forclaz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780367348823
ISBN 10: 0367348829
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 07 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Liesbeth van de Grift is Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations at Utrecht University. Amalia Ribi Forclaz is Assistant Professor in International History at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva.

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Governing the Rural in Interwar Europe

Liesbeth van de Grift (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Amalia Forclaz

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