Governance and Institutional
Change:
in a Slovene Rural Community
PhD Research Proposal
RODELA Romina
IDARI PhD student
IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina
SLOVENIA
Population:
Men:
Women:
Area (sq km):
Water (sq km):
Land (sq km):
•
1 994 705
975 577
1 019 128
20 273
122
20,151
IDARI PhD student: RODELA Romina
Environmental and socio-economic current
issues of Slovene rural communities
1. Nitrogen emissions and other dangerous
substances;
2. Migration
3. Ageing rural population (Farm owners 4.487, <36)
- missing urban/rural dialogue
4. Expanding urban areas to the detriment of
natural resources (wetlands, fertile land,..)
5. Poor infrastructure
The average Slovene farm
• Family farm, 4,7 ha (Erjavec, Rendak and Volk, 1998)
• 4.5% of GDP
• 7% total employment in the years after transition
< 35 years
SLO
(tot)
35 - 44 years
45 - 54 years
55 - 64 years
> 64 years
owners
FWF
owners
FWF
owners
FWF
owners
FWF
owners
FWF
4487
2448.75
13222
7163.63
19979
10881.
20942
13234.
27706
10962.
FWF - Full working force, Source: Statistic Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia 2002,
…and than
What challenges the enlargement will bring
to Slovene rural communities ?
• New instructions “how to farm”; Directives,
Regulations
• New role of local governance
action
of the citizen,
action
of the local authority
• New conception of the natural environment
Theoretical Framework
• Recognizing the role of:
local authorities
rural communities
• Recognizing the interdependence of the biophysical and
socio-economic system
The focus will be the research the
- institutional settingtoward an integrated and sustainable rural development.
Understand the human behaviour
• Identify and analyse behaviour of various rural
actors
• Understand the means of innovations diffusion
(agent-based modelling).
Understand the system
• Understand the system dynamics
• Recognising system characteristics
• Identify potential “blocked-in” mechanisms
Research Method
• Qualitative; to approach values, perceptions
attitudes; (Ethnography)
• Quantiaitve: measurements, distribution, etc.
Thank you !