ABSTRACT
Our introduction to this book summarized the different approaches and interpretations of sustainable development as rural development found in policy programmes and projects. The chapters which followed are based on a broad range of case studies which they summarize or interpret only selectively, following the guiding themes of the book, but still showing the variety of ideas and practices for sustainable resource management which can be found in projects for rural sustainable development as these operate on the ground. In this final chapter, we offer an overview of the ‘trans-political’ components of sustainable rural development, and ask what they may imply for the reorganization of formalized policy processes.
