This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalizing world and how they fundamentally impact the structure of agricultural life in rural areas and urban-rural relations. It analyzes the development of rural gender relations in specific places around the world and looks into the effects of the increasing connectivity and mobility of people across places. The themes covered are: gender and mobility, gender and agriculture, gender and rural politics, rurality and gender identity, and women and international development. Each theme has an overview of the state of the art in that specific thematic area and integrates relevant case studies.

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• Contributors
• 1 Gender and Rural Globalization: An Introduction to International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development
• PART I: GENDER AND MOBILITY
  • 2 Gender and Mobility
  • 3 Women’s Migration for Work: The Case of Ukrainian Caregivers in Rural Italy
  • 4 Gender, Migration and Rural Livelihoods in Uzbekistan in Times of Change
  • 5 ‘There is Dignity only with Livestock’: Land Grabbing and the Changing Social Practices of Pastoralist Women in Gujarat, India
  • 6 Gender and Rural Migration in Mexico and the Caribbean
• PART II: GENDER AND AGRICULTURE
  • 7 Gender and Agriculture
  • 8 The Genderness of Climate Change, Australia
  • 9 Where Family, Farm and Society Intersect: Values of Women Farmers in Sweden
  • 10 Women Farmers and Agricultural Extension/Education in Slovenia and Greece
  • 11 The Agency Paradox: The Impact of Gender(ed) Frameworks on Irish Farm Youth
• PART III: GENDER AND RURAL IDENTITY
  • 12 Rurality and Gender Identity
  • 13 Rural Women Leaders: Identity Formation in Rural Northern Ireland
  • 14 Gender Identities and Divorce among Farmers in Norway
  • 15 Merging Masculinities: Exploring Intersecting Masculine Identities on Family Farms
  • 16 Creating ‘Masculine’ Spaces for ‘Feminine’ Emotions – Men and Social Inclusion
  • 17 Gender Desegregation among Village Representatives in Poland: Towards Breaking the Male Domination in Local Politics?
• PART IV: GENDER AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • 18 Gender and International Development
  • 19 Gender Transitions in Agriculture and Food Systems
  • 20 Glocal Networking for Gender Equality and Sustainable Livelihoods
  • 21 Sugar and Gender Relations in Malawi
  • 22 The Role of Gender Indicators in Rural Development Programmes
  • 23 Beneficial for Women? Global Trends in Gender, Land and Titling
  • 24 Conclusions – Future Directions
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