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2. Cooperatives, grassroots development and social change: experiences from rural Latin America
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vasquez-Leon, Marcela (author), Burke, Brian J. (author), and Finan, Timothy J. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International: University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08678
- Notes:
- 250 pages.
3. Japan's electoral geography and agricultural policy making: The rural vote and prevailing issues of proportional misrepresentation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Feldhoff, Thomas (author) and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10
- Published:
- Germany: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10945
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 55(2017) : 131-142
- Notes:
- 11 pages, via online journal article, This study of Japan's electoral geography focuses on the outcomes of the 2014 General Election for the House of Representatives. It reflects on the political power of segmented policy communities involved in international free trade and domestic agricultural policy reform and the way they interact with each other. The capability of these policy communities to negotiate behind-the-scenes trade-offs, in order to facilitate reform without disrupting the status quo, is identified as a major determinant of the power structure in contemporary Japan. Also, as low-information and low-participation elections tend to result in a high rate of re-election of incumbents, the depoliticisation of the citizenry is in the interest of these policy communities. Therefore, specific policies and the differentiation among political parties played only a minor role during the 2014 electoral campaign. The paper demonstrates that the strong force of the agricultural policy community to resist transformational change is still deeply rooted in the proportional overrepresentation of agricultural interests built into the electoral system. It concludes that within the context of an increasing deficit of legitimacy and an aggravating depoliticisation trend, commitments to fundamental polity reform are integral to voters' perceptions of the fairness of Japan's democratic institutions. Significant structural reforms that embody federalist and direct democracy principles are discussed as an alternative to the unitary state model in order to seriously tackle issues of proportional misrepresentation and adequately accommodate rural interests.
4. Role of community radio for community development in Bangladesh
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Khan, Md. Anowarul Arif (author), Khan, Md. Mostafizur Rahman (author), Hassan, Mahmudul (author), Ahmed, Firoz (author), and Haque, Shah Md. Rauful (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Bangladesh
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11377
- Journal Title:
- International Technology Management Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 : 94-102
- Notes:
- 9 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Authors examined the history, role, potentials, and challenges of community radio in Bangladesh, especial serving those in rural and hard to reach areas. Emphasis on principles of access and participation, volunteerism, diversity, independence, and locality.