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Book SynopsisIn many European countries, there has been a decline in the agricultural labour force, providing a major challenge for the rural economy and society. This book provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union (EU) member states.
Table of Contents1: Employment dynamics in leading and lagging rural regions, Ida J Terluin and Jaap H Post 2: Theoretical and methodological framework, Ida J Terluin 3: Statistical analysis of employment growth in rural regions of the EU, 1980-1995, Roberto Esposti, Frans E Godeschalk, Tuomas Kuhmonen, Jaap H Post, Franco Sotte and Ida J Terluin 4: Employment dynamics in two neighbouring rural regions of Belgium and France, Bruno Henry de Frahan, Pierre Dupraz and Béatrice Van Haeperen 5: German case studies, Heino von Meyer and Danielle Schrobiltgen 6: Employment dynamics in rural Greece: The case study regions of Korinthia and Fthiotis, Sophia Efstratoglou and Angelos Efstratoglou 7: Comparison of the Spanish case studies: Albacete and Zamora, Jordi Rosell, Lourdes Viladomiu and Gemma Frances 8: Rural France: the case study regions of Les Alpes de Haute Provence and La Nièvre, Jean-Pierre Bertrand and Bernard Roux 9: Comparison of the Italian case studies: Pesaro and Macerata, Roberto Esposti and Franco Sotte 10: Comparison of the Dutch case study regions: Drenthe and Groningen, Ida J Terluin, Jaap H Post and Anita J Wisselink 11: Employment in rural Austria: the case study regions Osttirol and Liezen, Franz Weiß 12: Rural employment in the Arctic fringe, Tuomas Kuhmonen and Olli Aulaskari 13: Lessons for employment creation in rural regions, Ida J Terluin, Jaap H Post, Heino von Meyer and Béatrice Van Haeperen I: This book is based on the results of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU) project, supported by an EU research programme.
