The logic of the construction of rural politics: Political discourses on rurality in Norway

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-89

  Cruickshank, Jørn ^a   Lysgård, Hans Kjetil ^a   Magnussen, May Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Dispersed settlement; Economic growth; Intrinsic value; Norway; Rural policies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POLITICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 62149131896     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2009.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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