The dynamics of contemporary rural depopulation have been explained and addressed mainly as a result of structural transformations brought about by economic globalization. The influence of cultural/relational aspects has been less present in the scientific literature, where much of the analysis has been concerned with questions such as the effect of bond and attachment to the local. In connection with this matter, our paper explores how the interactions between social capital and community resilience dynamics affect decisions to leave or stay. The paper finds that the link between social capital and local resilience strategies is mediated by interdependent pattern. To understand how these connections are shaped and operate, we propose the notion of eco‐esteem, understanding it as a pattern of linkages with the socio‐ecosystem, determined by relationships and practices, which conditions people's attitudes, behaviors, expectations and, ultimately, their decisions to stay in or leave the rural world. To demonstrate the usefulness of this theoretical‐methodological perspective, we present a qualitative ethnographic case study in two municipalities in Extremadura (Spain), which are similar in their socio‐demographic characteristics, but which experience significantly different depopulation dynamics.

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生态尊重和人口减少：拓宽对农村世界人口挑战的视角*


当代农村人口减少的动态主要由于经济全球化带来的结构性转变而得到解释和解决。文化/关系方面的影响在科学文献中较少出现，其中大部分分析都涉及诸如纽带和对当地的依恋的影响等问题。与此相关，我们的论文探讨了社会资本和社区复原力动态之间的相互作用如何影响离开或留下的决定。本文发现，社会资本与地方弹性策略之间的联系是由相互依存的模式介导的。为了理解这些联系是如何形成和运作的，我们提出了生态尊重的概念，将其理解为与社会生态系统的一种联系模式，由关系和实践决定，它制约着人们的态度、行为、期望，并最终决定留在或离开农村世界。为了证明这种理论方法论视角的有用性，我们在埃斯特雷马杜拉（西班牙）的两个城市提出了一个定性民族志案例研究，这两个城市的社会人口特征相似，但人口减少动态明显不同。