Contributors: Krzystof Gorlach, Pawel Starosta, Imre Kovach, Vera Majerova, Bob Begg, Mieke Meurs, Ilkka Alanen, Eira Varis, Karl Bruckmeier, Marina Olegowna Koptina, Charalambos Kasimis, Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Jesus Oliva, Luis A. Camarero, Isabel Rodrigo, Manuel Belo Moreira, Maria Fonte, Leo Granberg, Matti Peltonen, Ivar Jonsson, Hilary Tovey.

’Beyond analysing the changing role of agriculture and the future prospects of the farming sector, the book provides valuable insights into the history and antecedents of peasant societies in diverse European countries...The result is a thought-provoking study about the shifting rural environment in Europe, which may serve both as a challenge and guide to scholars, planners and policy-makers.’ Journal of Rural Cooperation ’...this book is well produced...it makes an extremely valuable contribution to the rural debate in contemporary Europe.’ Geography

• Contents: Central and Eastern European Countries in the Green Ring: De-peasantization or re-peasantization? changing rural social structures in Poland after World War II, Krzystof Gorlach and Pawel Starosta; De-peasantization of Hungarian rurality, Imre Kovách; The changing role of agriculture in the Czech countryside, Vêra Majerová; Rural change in Bulgarian transitions, Bob Begg and Mieke Meurs; Soviet patrimonialism and peasant resistance during the transition - the case of Estonia, Ilkka Alanen; Rural transition problems and post-socialist peasantization in the Russian forest periphery, Eira Varis; Post-traditional or post-modern rurality? cases from East Germany and Russia, Karl Bruckmeier and Marina Olegowna Koptina. Mediterranean Countries in the Green Ring: The de-agriculturalization of the Greek countryside: the changing characteristics of an ongoing socio-economic transformation, Charalambos Kasimis and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos; Shifting rurality: the Spanish countryside after de-peasantization and de-agrarianistion, Jesús Oliva and Luis A. Camarero; Portugal: the emergence of the rural question, Isabel Rodrigo and Manuel Belo Moreira; Reconstructing rurality in Mediterranean Italy, Maria Fonte. The Green Ring in the North of Europe: Peasantization and beyond in Finland and Scandinavia, Leo Granberg and Matti Peltonen; Creating and re-creating modernity: peasantization and de-peasantization in Ireland, Hilary Tovey; Societal paradigms and rural development - a theoretical framework for comparative studies, Ivar Jonsson. The Future of Peasants in Europe’s Green Ring: Afterword, Leo Granberg, Imre Kovách and Hilary Tovey.

Contributors: Krzystof Gorlach, Pawel Starosta, Imre Kovach, Vera Majerova, Bob Begg, Mieke Meurs, Ilkka Alanen, Eira Varis, Karl Bruckmeier, Marina Olegowna Koptina, Charalambos Kasimis, Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Jesus Oliva, Luis A. Camarero, Isabel Rodrigo, Manuel Belo Moreira, Maria Fonte, Leo Granberg, Matti Peltonen, Ivar Jonsson, Hilary Tovey.

’Beyond analysing the changing role of agriculture and the future prospects of the farming sector, the book provides valuable insights into the history and antecedents of peasant societies in diverse European countries...The result is a thought-provoking study about the shifting rural environment in Europe, which may serve both as a challenge and guide to scholars, planners and policy-makers.’ Journal of Rural Cooperation ’...this book is well produced...it makes an extremely valuable contribution to the rural debate in contemporary Europe.’ Geography

• Contents: Central and Eastern European Countries in the Green Ring: De-peasantization or re-peasantization? changing rural social structures in Poland after World War II, Krzystof Gorlach and Pawel Starosta; De-peasantization of Hungarian rurality, Imre Kovách; The changing role of agriculture in the Czech countryside, Vêra Majerová; Rural change in Bulgarian transitions, Bob Begg and Mieke Meurs; Soviet patrimonialism and peasant resistance during the transition - the case of Estonia, Ilkka Alanen; Rural transition problems and post-socialist peasantization in the Russian forest periphery, Eira Varis; Post-traditional or post-modern rurality? cases from East Germany and Russia, Karl Bruckmeier and Marina Olegowna Koptina. Mediterranean Countries in the Green Ring: The de-agriculturalization of the Greek countryside: the changing characteristics of an ongoing socio-economic transformation, Charalambos Kasimis and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos; Shifting rurality: the Spanish countryside after de-peasantization and de-agrarianistion, Jesús Oliva and Luis A. Camarero; Portugal: the emergence of the rural question, Isabel Rodrigo and Manuel Belo Moreira; Reconstructing rurality in Mediterranean Italy, Maria Fonte. The Green Ring in the North of Europe: Peasantization and beyond in Finland and Scandinavia, Leo Granberg and Matti Peltonen; Creating and re-creating modernity: peasantization and de-peasantization in Ireland, Hilary Tovey; Societal paradigms and rural development - a theoretical framework for comparative studies, Ivar Jonsson. The Future of Peasants in Europe’s Green Ring: Afterword, Leo Granberg, Imre Kovách and Hilary Tovey.

Contributors: Krzystof Gorlach, Pawel Starosta, Imre Kovach, Vera Majerova, Bob Begg, Mieke Meurs, Ilkka Alanen, Eira Varis, Karl Bruckmeier, Marina Olegowna Koptina, Charalambos Kasimis, Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Jesus Oliva, Luis A. Camarero, Isabel Rodrigo, Manuel Belo Moreira, Maria Fonte, Leo Granberg, Matti Peltonen, Ivar Jonsson, Hilary Tovey.

’Beyond analysing the changing role of agriculture and the future prospects of the farming sector, the book provides valuable insights into the history and antecedents of peasant societies in diverse European countries...The result is a thought-provoking study about the shifting rural environment in Europe, which may serve both as a challenge and guide to scholars, planners and policy-makers.’ Journal of Rural Cooperation ’...this book is well produced...it makes an extremely valuable contribution to the rural debate in contemporary Europe.’ Geography

• Contents: Central and Eastern European Countries in the Green Ring: De-peasantization or re-peasantization? changing rural social structures in Poland after World War II, Krzystof Gorlach and Pawel Starosta; De-peasantization of Hungarian rurality, Imre Kovách; The changing role of agriculture in the Czech countryside, Vêra Majerová; Rural change in Bulgarian transitions, Bob Begg and Mieke Meurs; Soviet patrimonialism and peasant resistance during the transition - the case of Estonia, Ilkka Alanen; Rural transition problems and post-socialist peasantization in the Russian forest periphery, Eira Varis; Post-traditional or post-modern rurality? cases from East Germany and Russia, Karl Bruckmeier and Marina Olegowna Koptina. Mediterranean Countries in the Green Ring: The de-agriculturalization of the Greek countryside: the changing characteristics of an ongoing socio-economic transformation, Charalambos Kasimis and Apostolos G. Papadopoulos; Shifting rurality: the Spanish countryside after de-peasantization and de-agrarianistion, Jesús Oliva and Luis A. Camarero; Portugal: the emergence of the rural question, Isabel Rodrigo and Manuel Belo Moreira; Reconstructing rurality in Mediterranean Italy, Maria Fonte. The Green Ring in the North of Europe: Peasantization and beyond in Finland and Scandinavia, Leo Granberg and Matti Peltonen; Creating and re-creating modernity: peasantization and de-peasantization in Ireland, Hilary Tovey; Societal paradigms and rural development - a theoretical framework for comparative studies, Ivar Jonsson. The Future of Peasants in Europe’s Green Ring: Afterword, Leo Granberg, Imre Kovách and Hilary Tovey.