Article: Editorial[: Rural Change and the Revalorisation of Rural Property Objects] Journal: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (IJARGE) 2009 Vol.8 No.1 pp.1 - 13 Abstract: Property regimes shape the social relations, in particular, social settings, and represent an important element for external intervention and sustainable rural development. The introduction recalls common aspects and specific conceptualisations of property analysis in the field of economics, sociology and social anthropology and summarises main academic discourses about property rights in order to develop a differentiated understanding of property. In Section 1, general trends in property relations characterising modern rural societies are outlined. It is argued that economic and social changes in rural areas have brought about a process of revalorisation of rural property objects. Property rights can be a useful analytical concept to scrutinise and understand the transformation processes in rural areas and, moreover, a concept that has meaning in everyday talk. More important than accounting new property objects is the notion that revalorisation is connected with shifts in the balance of rights and obligations, of benefits and costs, and with qualitative changes of internal and outward social relations of rural societies. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Editorial[: Rural Change and the Revalorisation of Rural Property Objects]

Authors: Lutz Laschewski, Marianne Penker

Addresses: Faculty for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig Weg 7, 18051 Rostock, Germany ' Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Feistmantelstr. 4 1180 Vienna, Austria

Abstract: Property regimes shape the social relations, in particular, social settings, and represent an important element for external intervention and sustainable rural development. The introduction recalls common aspects and specific conceptualisations of property analysis in the field of economics, sociology and social anthropology and summarises main academic discourses about property rights in order to develop a differentiated understanding of property. In Section 1, general trends in property relations characterising modern rural societies are outlined. It is argued that economic and social changes in rural areas have brought about a process of revalorisation of rural property objects. Property rights can be a useful analytical concept to scrutinise and understand the transformation processes in rural areas and, moreover, a concept that has meaning in everyday talk. More important than accounting new property objects is the notion that revalorisation is connected with shifts in the balance of rights and obligations, of benefits and costs, and with qualitative changes of internal and outward social relations of rural societies.

Keywords: agriculture; sustainable development; inequality; knowledge society; land ownership; modernisation; natural resources; property objects; property rights; revalorisation; rural change; rural policy; sustainability; rural development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJARGE.2009.024172

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2009 Vol.8 No.1, pp.1 - 13

Published online: 27 Mar 2009 *

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