Regions engaging globalization: a typology of regional responses in rural Europe

This chapter develops an analysis of the differential engagement of rural regions with globalization, drawing on research conducted for a project funded by the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7, ‘Developing Europe’s Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization’ (DERREG). DERREG involves a consortium of nine partners, and the evidence presented here has been collected by research teams from all partners, each responsible for a separate region (see the end of the chapter for full acknowledgments). The research was conducted across 10 regions.