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3.2. A new approach to rural developmentThe issue of economic diversification in rural areas is not at all new. In the early 1960s it was perceived and explored by various authors (e.g. Priebe in Germany), and it was a driving force in new rural regional development agencies such as the Highlands and Islands Development Board in Scotland, established in 1965. Moreover, the practice of local development emerged in many European rural areas both in the 1930s and the 1970s as a 'bottom-up' response to policy and market failures [Bassand, Brugger et al. 1986]. However, it took a long time before such ideas and practices found a place in the mainstream political agenda. This clearly illustrates the gap between the development of theories and social practice and their political acceptance.The European Commission has been active in promoting a new approach to rural development in the last ten years. The origins of this new approach lie in:
The key elements of the new approach are summarised below [in the following pages].
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