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Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of its implementation. It is commonly agreed within academic and policy circles that the contexts, trends, drivers and impacts which are currently morphing have the potential to determine the nature and boundaries of rural areas in the longer-term. The authors examine inconsistencies in the design and implementation of EU rural development policy driven largely by intensifying neo-productivist pressures. The importance and novelty of the book lie in defining and critically examining the territorial impacts of neo-productivism as an ideology, a practice and a set of policy imperatives during the EU’s 2014-2020 programming period. The authors argue that such a paradigm shift in EU rural policy may reduce its effectiveness and ability to meet its goals of balanced territorial development and cohesion. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers in rural policy, regional studies, economic geography and EU policy.

Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of its implementation. It is commonly agreed within academic and policy circles that the contexts, trends, drivers and impacts which are currently morphing have the potential to determine the nature and boundaries of rural areas in the longer-term. The authors examine inconsistencies in the design and implementation of EU rural development policy driven largely by intensifying neo-productivist pressures. The importance and novelty of the book lie in defining and critically examining the territorial impacts of neo-productivism as an ideology, a practice and a set of policy imperatives during the EU’s 2014-2020 programming period. The authors argue that such a paradigm shift in EU rural policy may reduce its effectiveness and ability to meet its goals of balanced territorial development and cohesion. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and policymakers in rural policy, regional studies, economic geography and EU policy.

The 8th Annual Czech and Slovak Sinological Conference 2014: Proceedings je sborník dvanácti vybraných článků prezentovaných na 8. výroční česko-slovenské sinologické konferenci, která proběhla 7.-8. listopadu 2014 na Univerzitě Palackého v Olomouci. Tato konference je každoročním, přesto vždy jedinečným, setkáním českých a slovenských odborníků sinologické obce, jež zde mají příležitost představit, sdílet a diskutovat vlastní bádání. Sborník je rozdělen do čtyř tematických sekcí - Lingvistika, Věda a myšlení, Společnost a Literatura, přičemž každá sekce obsahuje odborné články v angličtině z per českých, slovenských, ale také taiwanských nebo japonských sinologů. Různorodost článků ilustruje mnohostrannost a široký rozptyl zaměření české a slovenské sinologie.