Social enterprises in the Western Isles (Scotland) - drivers of sustainable rural development?
Abstract: Like many peripheral rural areas in Europe, the Western Isles of Scotland have long been regarded as rather backward and underdeveloped. Given the continuing population loss, low entrepreneurial behaviour as well as recent cases of rejection of large industrial and environmental projects, the perception of the Western Isles as a fragile area seems to have manifested itself even more deeply. However, in view of far-reaching structural transformation processes (globalisation, EU rural policies, Scottish devolution, new public management) as well as growing social capital and local pride, the Western Isles provide an example of rural regeneration based on endogenous development. This is reflected by an increasing number of social enterprises that provide much-needed services, such as transport, health care, housing, training, to name but a few. A process has been launched to re-think local priorities as well as to find ways towards sustainable rural development. Based on results of qu
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Die sozialen Unternehmen auf den Western Isles (Schottland) - Triebkräfte einer nachhaltigen ländlichen Entwicklung?
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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In: Europa Regional ; 19.2011 (2014) 2 ; 23-40
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Wirtschaft
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-411683
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 07:32 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Jacuniak-Suda, Marta
- Mose, Ingo
Entstanden
- 2014
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