Rural Economic Developments and Social Movements

Dr. Rita Vilkė is a senior researcher and her main research interests are social responsibility in economically viable and sustainable regional and rural development, modern business models.Dr. Dalia Vidickienė is a principal researcher and her main interest centers on rural development and regional innovation policy, strategic management and business models, paradigm innovations.Dr. Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė is a senior researcher and her main research focus is sustainable regional and rural development, circular economy, innovation ecosystems.   Dr. Vitalija Simonaitytė is a researcher and her recent research focus is sustainable regional and rural development policy, interest groups, local and regional actors.Erika Ribašauskienė is a researcher and her research focus is sustainable regional and rural development practices, local and regional stakeholders, rural crafts, and business models.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: New Social Movements: Theories and Approaches.- Chapter 3: Social Movements as Drivers of Paradigm Innovations in Rural Development.- Chapter 4: Actors of New Rural Social Movements as Agents of Change.- Chapter 5: Rural Paradigm Shift and New Social Movements in the European Union.- Chapter 6: Industrial Rural Development Paradigm Grounded Social  Movements.- Chapter: 7. Industrial Rural Development Paradigm Shift-Focused Social Movements.- Chapter 8: Conclusions and Discussion: Rural Social Movements in the Context of Rural Development Paradigm Shift.