Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2021.1997423
S. A. Badri, N. Kazemi, P. Khodadadi, Ali Mohammadnejad
ABSTRACT Despite rural development policies (RDP) being changed to facilitate development processes, rural areas still suffer from low development levels in developing countries, including rural Iran after 72 years of development planning experience. This article presents findings from a content analysis of Iran’s rural development policies over the past three decades to explore why RDPs have not contributed to rural development to examine issues and challenges. Results suggest the dominance of top-down, sectorial and centralised rural policymaking, although the government has tried to turn towards integrated spatial, place- and people-based policies. Although RDPs are intended to develop rural areas, results show rural Iran still suffers from low-level development, depopulation, economic and livelihood instability, limited economic opportunities, and low quality-of-life. Such rural conditions are due to factors beyond RDPs.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2022.2031119
I. Matysiak
ABSTRACT The article analyses motivations to obtain a higher education, as expressed by young university graduates living in rural areas in Poland, and factors underlying their decisions. Conceptually, the article draws from existing literature on rural youth’s educational aspirations and pathways. Findings are based on 92 in-depth interviews conducted with young adults with a university degree living in selected rural municipalities across Poland. The interviewees present a utilitarian approach towards university studies as a vehicle leading to higher social status and better local jobs. Their decisions are influenced mostly by family environment in comparison with school or community. The main contributions of this research concern insight into different types of pressures and encouragement present in the interviewees’ families, depending on whether or not their parents possess a university degree. Findings also indicate the importance of extended family networks as a source of support for first-generation rural students’ educational ambitions.
{"title":"Motivations to study: narratives of university graduates in rural Poland","authors":"I. Matysiak","doi":"10.1080/10371656.2022.2031119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2022.2031119","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article analyses motivations to obtain a higher education, as expressed by young university graduates living in rural areas in Poland, and factors underlying their decisions. Conceptually, the article draws from existing literature on rural youth’s educational aspirations and pathways. Findings are based on 92 in-depth interviews conducted with young adults with a university degree living in selected rural municipalities across Poland. The interviewees present a utilitarian approach towards university studies as a vehicle leading to higher social status and better local jobs. Their decisions are influenced mostly by family environment in comparison with school or community. The main contributions of this research concern insight into different types of pressures and encouragement present in the interviewees’ families, depending on whether or not their parents possess a university degree. Findings also indicate the importance of extended family networks as a source of support for first-generation rural students’ educational ambitions.","PeriodicalId":45685,"journal":{"name":"Rural Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"129 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45532218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2021.1988348
Mohammed Mahmoud Hassan Ananzeh, A. Ismail, A. Awawdeh
ABSTRACT Quality tourism is indispensable to national economic development, given that it makes a major contribution to the economies of the most developed and developing countries. Therefore, this study examined the effect of Emirati sustainable innovation strategy on service quality in the UAE tourism sector. Using a cross-sectional survey approach, the researchers collected data from 100 clients of the UAE tourism agencies. The data were analysed. The overall result indicates that Emirati sustainable innovation strategy (management innovation, technical innovation, and sustainable innovation) has a significant positive effect on service quality, indicating that Emirati sustainable innovation strategy is a significant driver of service quality in the UAE tourism sector. It also shows that innovation is an indispensable tool in enhancing quality tourism. However, the findings of this study are not exhaustive, future research can dwell on this research area and replicate the current study in another context.
{"title":"Client perceptions of Emirati innovation strategy on service quality in UAE tourism sector","authors":"Mohammed Mahmoud Hassan Ananzeh, A. Ismail, A. Awawdeh","doi":"10.1080/10371656.2021.1988348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2021.1988348","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Quality tourism is indispensable to national economic development, given that it makes a major contribution to the economies of the most developed and developing countries. Therefore, this study examined the effect of Emirati sustainable innovation strategy on service quality in the UAE tourism sector. Using a cross-sectional survey approach, the researchers collected data from 100 clients of the UAE tourism agencies. The data were analysed. The overall result indicates that Emirati sustainable innovation strategy (management innovation, technical innovation, and sustainable innovation) has a significant positive effect on service quality, indicating that Emirati sustainable innovation strategy is a significant driver of service quality in the UAE tourism sector. It also shows that innovation is an indispensable tool in enhancing quality tourism. However, the findings of this study are not exhaustive, future research can dwell on this research area and replicate the current study in another context.","PeriodicalId":45685,"journal":{"name":"Rural Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"119 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41842718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2021.1897239
S. Ebewore
ABSTRACT This article identifies farmers' perceptions of infrastructure availability and condition in rural communities in Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedures were used to survey a sample of 412 respondents. Data analysis used descriptive statistics and a binary logit regression model to analyse the effects of infrastructure on agricultural production. Results revealed, apart from roads, water, community centres/town halls and market structures, infrastructure was perceived to be in bad condition and effects farming activities. Regression results indicated nine variables positively influenced, and four variables negatively influenced, the development of rural infrastructure. Proximity to urban areas, corruption, capital flight, community commitment, finance, access of the rural people to government and the presence of social workers were statistically significant. Conclusions argue for improved provision of infrastructure facilities is needed to support agricultural production in Nigeria.
{"title":"Farmers’ perception of the state of infrastructure on agricultural production in Delta state, Nigeria","authors":"S. Ebewore","doi":"10.1080/10371656.2021.1897239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2021.1897239","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article identifies farmers' perceptions of infrastructure availability and condition in rural communities in Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedures were used to survey a sample of 412 respondents. Data analysis used descriptive statistics and a binary logit regression model to analyse the effects of infrastructure on agricultural production. Results revealed, apart from roads, water, community centres/town halls and market structures, infrastructure was perceived to be in bad condition and effects farming activities. Regression results indicated nine variables positively influenced, and four variables negatively influenced, the development of rural infrastructure. Proximity to urban areas, corruption, capital flight, community commitment, finance, access of the rural people to government and the presence of social workers were statistically significant. Conclusions argue for improved provision of infrastructure facilities is needed to support agricultural production in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":45685,"journal":{"name":"Rural Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"32 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371656.2021.1897239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45963340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2021.1895471
P. Ataei, H. Sadighi, N. Izadi
ABSTRACT Ensuring food security is one of the Millennium development goals, with most developing countries endeavouring to alleviate hunger levels. Indeed, 923 million individuals are undernourished in the world. Furthermore, United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organisation report a large majority of food-insecure individuals live in rural areas of developing and less developed countries, making it more crucial to study the various challenges to food security in rural areas. This research investigates the major challenges to food security in rural areas of Iran using the Delphi technique run in three rounds with a panel of experts consisting of 27 academic faculty members in the field of food security, rural development, agriculture, and executive staff. Findings identified eight categories as main challenges to food security: policy, economic, knowledge and information, infrastructural, cultural, access to food, climate conditions, and social challenges.
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ABSTRACT This article presents findings from interviews with Indonesian villagers who limited access to quality education. To minimise this educational disadvantage, a village community of entrepreneurship was designed to help improve villagers’ socio-economic capitals and empower villagers to become entrepreneurs. An exploratory study of this intervention programme was enacted to identify whether this village community of entrepreneurship helped build villagers’ entrepreneurial literacy. Findings showed the village community of entrepreneurship provided villagers with a space for learning entrepreneurship, and the villagers had informal educational opportunities. The villagers also reported that their heightened awareness of entrepreneurship could build their entrepreneurial literacy. It was also found that the programme improved the welfare of rural communities. The article concludes by recommending how this model may be adapted and adopted for rural communities worldwide seeking to create learning communities to improve literacy and reduce poverty.
{"title":"Building entrepreneurial literacy among villagers in Indonesia","authors":"Anan Sutisna, Henny Herawaty Boru Dalimunthe, Elais Retnowati","doi":"10.1080/10371656.2021.1895472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2021.1895472","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents findings from interviews with Indonesian villagers who limited access to quality education. To minimise this educational disadvantage, a village community of entrepreneurship was designed to help improve villagers’ socio-economic capitals and empower villagers to become entrepreneurs. An exploratory study of this intervention programme was enacted to identify whether this village community of entrepreneurship helped build villagers’ entrepreneurial literacy. Findings showed the village community of entrepreneurship provided villagers with a space for learning entrepreneurship, and the villagers had informal educational opportunities. The villagers also reported that their heightened awareness of entrepreneurship could build their entrepreneurial literacy. It was also found that the programme improved the welfare of rural communities. The article concludes by recommending how this model may be adapted and adopted for rural communities worldwide seeking to create learning communities to improve literacy and reduce poverty.","PeriodicalId":45685,"journal":{"name":"Rural Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"45 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371656.2021.1895472","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44737253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-10DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2020.1853129
J. Millier
ABSTRACT A “diversity as fundamental heterogeneity” approach is required to contest the widely held perspective that Aboriginal children in remote communities in central Australia are growing up in deficit and disadvantage. This article discusses the current language perpetuating the deficit model of Aboriginal child development that is failing to recognise strengths of Aboriginal children growing up in remote communities in central Australia. Through stories about daily life in Papunya, this article argues that to understand and measure Aboriginal child development, it is necessary to also understand the child’s cultural context in which they are living and learning. Participant selection was conducted using key participants who became community researchers in the research project. The main findings were Aboriginal children in Papunya must grow up with a “two-ways” approach to education that prioritises their own culture and language.
{"title":"Moving away from the deficit perspective: Aboriginal child development in partnership with families","authors":"J. Millier","doi":"10.1080/10371656.2020.1853129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10371656.2020.1853129","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A “diversity as fundamental heterogeneity” approach is required to contest the widely held perspective that Aboriginal children in remote communities in central Australia are growing up in deficit and disadvantage. This article discusses the current language perpetuating the deficit model of Aboriginal child development that is failing to recognise strengths of Aboriginal children growing up in remote communities in central Australia. Through stories about daily life in Papunya, this article argues that to understand and measure Aboriginal child development, it is necessary to also understand the child’s cultural context in which they are living and learning. Participant selection was conducted using key participants who became community researchers in the research project. The main findings were Aboriginal children in Papunya must grow up with a “two-ways” approach to education that prioritises their own culture and language.","PeriodicalId":45685,"journal":{"name":"Rural Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"1 - 14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10371656.2020.1853129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48077638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2020.1819524
J. Guenther, Ben Smede, Metta Young
ABSTRACT Based on an evaluation of the inDigiMOB project, auspiced by First Nations Media Australia, this article examines the role of a programme designed to improve digital inclusion for people living in town camps and remote communities of central Australia. Increasingly, Australians are expected to use technology to access health, government, utility, and education services. Over the last three years, inDigiMOB has been testing a model using local “Digital Mentors” to support a transfer of essential digital skills and knowledge to community members. The evaluation identified a number of enabling mechanisms that have led to several important outcomes. These outcomes are employability skills, essential access to technology, and basic literacy, as well as maintaining language and culture, which are supported through organisational structures and relationships. The article concludes by responding to the question: Does the “place” of central Australia change how digital inclusion should be pursued as an outcome?
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/10371656.2020.1842597
Sam Osborne, K. Lester, Katrina Tjitayi, Rueben Burton, Makinti Minutjukur
ABSTRACT Recent research relating specifically to Anangu (Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara) schools in South Australia and the Northern Territory assert that Aboriginal people living in remote central Australian communities viewed first languages and cultures as central to a good education for their children. The South Australian ten-year Aboriginal Education Strategy (2019–2029) commits to culturally responsive pedagogies (CRP) and bilingual instruction in Anangu schools by 2029. This translation from research to policy has important implications for practice which the authors, five experienced practitioner-researchers in Anangu education contexts, reflect on through a “practice architectures” lens using a narrative methodology. The article explores the complex space that practitioner researchers negotiate and highlights the shifts required in moving from research-oriented arguments to working collaboratively to enacting research findings in practice. The article concludes with reflections on privileging community voices and demands throughout the research-policy-practice continuum.
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