Winning and Losing: The Changing Geography of Europe's Rural Areas
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Winning and Losing in Europe's Rural Areas -- Part I: The Changing Rural Economy -- 1: Employment Restructuring in Rural Areas -- 2: Agriculture on the Verge of the 21st Century: The Challenge of Coming to Terms with the Environment -- 3: Global Integration and The Industrialization of the Countryside -- 4: Sustainable Rural Tourism and Rural Change -- 5: Rural Areas in the Digital Economy -- 6: Supply of Goods and Services in Sparsely Populated Regions: The Example of Sweden's glesbygd -- Part II: The Changing Rural Society -- 7: Incomers and Locals in the European Countryside -- 8: The Situation of Young People in Rural Areas -- 9: Older People in Rural Europe: A Comparative Analysis -- 10: Structural Funds and Gender Mainstreaming: Counting Heads or Changing Structures? -- 11: Tackling Social Exclusion: An Evaluation of Local Exchange and Trading Schemes (LETS) -- Part III: The Changing Rural Areas -- 12: A Booming Country - A Booming Countryside? The Celtic Tiger Phenomenon and The Consequences for Rural Areas -- 13: Mountainous Areas - Forever Losing? The Examples of Oberallgäu (Germany) and Sierra de Francia (Spain) -- 14: Spatial Restructuring of Rural Finland -- 15: Social Capital and Rural Development: From Win-Lose to Win-Win with the LEADER Initiative -- Index.