Suchergebnisse

This book is an edited version of the unpublished final report of the PRIDE research project that ran from February 1999 to January 2001 and was concerned with partnerships for rural integrated development in Europe. The research focused on the rural development experience of 6 member states of the EU, namely Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK, with some reference to the Irish Republic and Luxembourg. After a general introduction (chapter 1), the book provides a literature review and theoretical framework (chapter 2), a consideration of the methodology and the execution of the research (chapter 3), the findings of an extensive survey of 330 partnerships across the 8 countries (chapter 4), a report of the study of practice (chapter 5) and study of impact (chapter 6) undertaken in 24 case study areas, and a number of conclusions and recommendations (chapter 7). The book has a subject index.

A collection of case studies which provides an insight into the changing nature of tourism in Western Europe is presented. A recurring theme of the book is that new patterns of tourism have emerged as a result of changing ideologies and cultural valuations, rather than in response to consumer trends. The cases are divided into three sections covering: the political context (4 chapters); the economic context (3 chapters) and the sociocultural context (3 chapters).

The CD ROM, "an audio-visual testimony of ancient and current Palestine", includes 35 English narrated video clips, background music, more than 400 still images, and more than 180 A4 size pages of textual information on Palestine