Agriculture and Public Goods The Role of Collective Action /

The aim of this book is analyzing the role of collective action in the provision of agri-environmental public goods through agriculture at EU level, as well as providing policy recommendations regarding agri-environmental strategies based on collective and collaborative approaches.  The European deb...

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Main Author: Vanni, Francesco. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7457-5
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Agriculture and public goods
  • 2. The role of collective action
  • 3. Collective agri-environmental strategies
  • 4. The project “Custody of the Territory” in Media Valle del Serchio (Tuscany)
  • 5. The agri-environmental agreement in Valdaso (Marche)
  • 6. Collective action for public goods: institutional and policy innovation
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: methodology
  • Epistemological approach
  • Participatory methods: an overview
  • Data collection and analysis: Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA)
  • Overview of the RRA methods
  • Grounded theory and analysis of the qualitative data
  • Strengths and limitations of the proposed methodology
  • The Interviews.