From Arturo Escobar's development theory to Antony Giddens's structuration theory: a social constructionist analysis of rural entrepreneurship and multifunctional agriculture
Summary. This paper argues that rural entrepreneurship research relies too heavily on positivistic approaches and ignores rural contexts. Using social constructionism, Giddens's structuration theory, and Escobar's development theory, the authors propose shifting from positivistic views of rural entrepreneurship toward understanding multifunctional agriculture as a socially constructed discourse. They claim this theoretical reframing better explains how rural regions actually develop.
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Shahraki, H., Movahedi, R., & Farani, A. Y.. (2016). From Arturo Escobar's development theory to Antony Giddens's structuration theory: a social constructionist analysis of rural entrepreneurship and multifunctional agriculture. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijarge.2016.080899
Shahraki, Hassan, et al. “From Arturo Escobar's development theory to Antony Giddens's structuration theory: a social constructionist analysis of rural entrepreneurship and multifunctional agriculture.” International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijarge.2016.080899.
Shahraki, Hassan, Reza Movahedi, and Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani. 2016. “From Arturo Escobar's development theory to Antony Giddens's structuration theory: a social constructionist analysis of rural entrepreneurship and multifunctional agriculture.” International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijarge.2016.080899.
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title = {From Arturo Escobar's development theory to Antony Giddens's structuration theory: a social constructionist analysis of rural entrepreneurship and multifunctional agriculture},
author = {Hassan Shahraki and Reza Movahedi and Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani},
journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology},
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- 10.1504/ijarge.2016.080899
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- entrepreneurship, innovation-theory, food-systems
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- 2026-04-28