<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the article is to present the main issues discussed at the XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress “Uneven Processes of Rural Change”, held on 24–27 July 2017 in Cracow, Poland. Both the title of the Congress and its keynote speakers focused on rural communities and different ways in which they respond to and cope with new social, demographic and economic challenges, depending on their varied potential across rural areas in different parts of Europe. The paper offers a review of the Congress speeches and may therefore serve as a pretext to analyze participants’ interest in rural community resilience and resilience of social systems as part of grassroots processes aimed at dealing with new challenges.</p></abstract>

The aim of the article is to present the main issues discussed at the XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress “Uneven Processes of Rural Change”, held on 24–27 July 2017 in Cracow, Poland. Both the title of the Congress and its keynote speakers focused on rural communities and different ways in which they respond to and cope with new social, demographic and economic challenges, depending on their varied potential across rural areas in different parts of Europe. The paper offers a review of the Congress speeches and may therefore serve as a pretext to analyze participants’ interest in rural community resilience and resilience of social systems as part of grassroots processes aimed at dealing with new challenges.

Uneven Processes of Rural Change – XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress in Cracow

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The aim of the article is to present the main issues discussed at the XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress “Uneven Processes of Rural Change”,...

Uneven Processes of Rural Change – XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress in Cracow

Online veröffentlicht: 29. März 2019

Seitenbereich: 255 - 262

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eec-2018-0013

Schlüsselwörter
resilience, rural sociology, The European Society for Rural Sociology, rural change

© 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Uneven Processes of Rural Change – XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress in Cracow

Online veröffentlicht: 29. März 2019

Seitenbereich: 255 - 262

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eec-2018-0013

Schlüsselwörterresilience, rural sociology, The European Society for Rural Sociology, rural change

© 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
resilience, rural sociology, The European Society for Rural Sociology, rural change