Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Women and Migration in Rural Europe: Explanations and Implications; Karin Wiest
PART I: GENDERED REPRESENTATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE RURAL
2. Women Assess Rurality: A Tailored Rural Idyll; Mireia Baylina, Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Ana Mar a Porto, Isabel Salama a and Montserrat Villarino
3. References to a Rural Idyll in the Attitudes and Self-perceptions of Women in Rural West Germany; Gesine Tuitjer
4. Rural Milieus in East-Central Europe Gendered Attitudes to Postmodern Values; Eva G.Fekete
5. Determinants of Individual Quality of Life Ratings in Rural Versus Suburban Regions A Gender Perspective; Nana Zarnekow and Christian Henning
PART II: RURAL LABOUR MARKETS FOR WOMEN: RESTRICTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
6. Gendered Rural Labour Markets and the Intent to Migrate A Case Study in North-Western Germany; Kim Philip Schumacher and Alexander Kunz
7. Women in Creative Jobs and Living in Rural Areas A Contradiction?; Susanne Schmidt
8. The Hidden Potential of Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland; Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska
9. Business Clusters and Social Cooperatives A Chance to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland?; Bogus?aw Bembenek, Teresa Piecuch and Joanna Sudo?-Pusz
PART III: WOMEN'S LIVING SITUATIONS IN RURAL AREAS AND GENDER-RELATED POLICIES
10. Exploring Female Over-Migration in Rural Spain: Employment, Care Giving and Mobility; Luis Camarero and Rosario Sampedro
11. Decentralised Higher Education Infrastructure in Rural Areas to Impede the Outmigration of Highly Qualified Young Women; Verena Peer
12. Gender Equality in the Regional Develpoment Discourse Only Rhetoric Modernisation? Austrian Experiences; Theresia Oedl-Wieser
Synopsis
The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts to explain women's movements from rural areas, taking prevailing market conditions as well as gender relations into account. The analysis of the different working and living conditions in different parts of rural Europe reveals distinct obstacles but also prospects for young women.