The Austrian social festival Keep the Ball Rolling in a peripheral region of Upper Styria

Gstach Isabell ()
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Gstach Isabell: Research fellow; International research centre for social and ethical questions (ifz) Salzburg

European Countryside, 2014, vol. 6, issue 1, 36-49

Abstract: The “Steirische Eisenstraße” is a region located in the province of Styria in Austria, which has been struggling with a massive shift in population and age structure for some time. In 2012/13 the Austrian social festival Keep the Ball Rolling is taking place in this region. Over a period of 18 months, the social festival is providing opportunities to think of their own environment. Consequently, they can develop and implement ideas for good cohabitation and put these into practice. The main focus of this article is the demographic presentation of the “Steirische Eisenstraße” region, according to population, employment and age structure. The introduction of the social festival is fundamental in initiating successful change processes.

Keywords: Steirische Eisenstraße; Keep the Ball Rolling; social festival; demographic change; public participation; bottom-up (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2014-0004

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