Regional governance and rural development in Germany:: The implementation of LEADER
Regional governance and rural development in Germany:: The implementation of LEADER
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00468.x
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Boecher, Michael
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作者：
Boecher, Michael
本文论述了目前广泛讨论的区域治理概念，并调查了这一概念在德国农村发展政策及其实施中实际发挥的作用。主要的问题是，“区域治理”是否只是一个时髦的科学术语。我们真的能观察到区域治理讨论对德国农村地区可持续区域发展政策的影响吗？为了回答这一问题，在最重要的区域治理标准的背景下，分析了欧盟社区倡议LEADER+的方案声明。随后，对德国六个地区LEADER+实施情况的深入研究表明，地区治理仍然需要更高级别的国家进行某种形式的等级协调。在LEADER+中实施区域治理的一些主要问题以及该方案的一些重要的积极影响被确定。这些情况表明，尽管存在各种潜在问题，但区域治理的概念有可能对农村地区的成功发展作出重大贡献。
This article deals with the currently widely discussed concept of regional governance and investigates the roles this concept actually plays within rural development policy and its implementation in Germany. The main question is whether or not 'regional governance' is just a fashionable scientific term. Can we really observe impacts of the regional governance discussion on policies for sustainable regional development in rural areas in Germany? To answer this question the programmatic statements of the EU community initiative LEADER+ are analysed against the background of the most important regional governance criteria. Subsequently, a deeper look into the implementation of LEADER+ in six German regions shows that regional governance still needs some forms of hierarchical co-ordination by higher levels of state. Some major problems for the implementation of regional governance in LEADER+ as well as some important positive impacts of the programme are identified. These show that, despite all potential problems, the concept of regional governance has the potential to make a significant contribution to the successful development of rural areas.