Raising self-efficacy and resilience: collaborative leadership in the Westerkwartier
- Publication Type
- Book chapter
- Authors
- Roep, D.; Wellbrock, W.; Horlings, I.
- Year of publication
- 2015
- Published in
- M. Woods, B. Nienaber, J. McDonagh (Eds.), Globalization and Europe's rural regions
- Editor
- Ashgate
- ISBN / ISSN / eISSN
- 978-1-4094-2791-9
- Page (from - to)
- pp. 41-58
Chapter 3 focuses on the process of rural regional learning in the Westerkwartier, a district in the northern Netherlands forming part of the province of Groningen. In this chapter, Roep et al. explore the particular expressions of how an area is shaped and reshaped in the context of global forces and how the enhancement of individual and regional learning capacities allows residents of rural regions to become active participants in their negotiation and engagement with global forces while allowing room to develop ideas and strategies that benefit themselves and their region. The Westerkwartier district itself comprises four small rural municipalities close to the city of Groningen, has a growing population and is relatively urbanized in European terms. Agriculture is a significant but pressurized activity and much of the land of the region is classified as protected nature reserve. In shaping the development of the Westerkwartier the authors suggest that systematic and strategic collaboration is played out in the coming together of diverse individuals and groups who may have different perspectives, value sets and in some instances conflicting interests, but who share a willingness to bridge these differences and through informal, visionary leadership have resulted in a collective spirit driving various shared initiatives and a more united representation of the Westerkwartier Region.
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