Rural gender relations : issues and case studies / edited by Bettina B. Bock, Sally Shortall

Content
Part I Gender and Farming
Gender relations and Livelihood strategies
Commodity production and farm women's work
Farm women in Slovenia
Informalization of farm employment
Women and Sustainable Agriculture
Gender at the border

Part II Gender and Rural Migration
Gender and Rural Migration: An overview
Gendered impact of drought
Rural Idylls or Boring place?
Rural Migrations and female employment

Part III Gender and Rural politics
Rural Gender Relations
Gender and Rural politics: An overview
Gender and Rural Development Budgets
Collection action among Rural women in India
CAP Regulations and Farm household relations

Part IV Rurality and Gender Identity: An overview
Rural women and Environment
Economic status and Gender Roles
Rural Health and well-being
Embodying family farm work
Queer Countryside Revisited

Part V Conclusion
Conclusion- Future Directions

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : rural gender studies in North and South / Bettina B. Bock -- Gender and farming : an overview / Sally Shortall -- Gender relations and livelihood strategies / Monica Gorman -- Commodity production and farm women's work / Susan Machum -- Farm women in Slovenia / Majda Černič Istenič -- The informalization of farm employment / Andrienetta Kritzinger -- Women and sustainable agriculture / Sarah Tufts Rickson, Roy E. Rickson and David Burch -- Gender at the border / Janet D. Momsen -- Gender and rural migration : an overview / Bettina B. Bock -- The gendered impact of drought / Margaret Alston -- Rural idylls or boring places? / Marit S. Haugen and Mariann Villa -- Rural immigrations and female employment / Apostolos G. Papadopoulos -- Gender and rural politics : an overview / Sally Shortall -- Gender and rural development budgets / Bettina B. Bock and P. Derkzen -- Collective action among rural women in India / Jo-Anne Everingham -- CAP regulations and farm household relations / Constantina Safilios-Rothschildt -- Rurality and gender identity : an overview / Bettina B. Bock -- Rural women and the environment / Carolyn Sachs -- Economic status and gender roles / Sally Shortall -- Rural health and well-being / Ruth Panelli -- Embodying family farm work / Berit Brandth -- Queer countryside revisited / David Bell -- Conclusions - future directions / Sally Shortall.