This book examines the major rural developments and the issues that policy makers have been dealing with across the OECD over the last two decades. The OECD Conference, held in Siena, Italy, in July 2002, on the Future of Rural Policy, identified the need for rural policies to look beyond...

Processes and values: Jackson, J. B. Back to the land. Sauer, C. O. Homestead and community on the middle border. Wagner, P. America emerging. Jackson, J. B. The new American countryside. Boundaries and territories: Jackson, J. B. Ghosts at the door, Zelinsky, W. Walls and fences. Jackson, J. B....