Women and Migration in Rural Europe

1. Introduction: Women and Migration in Rural Europe — Explanations and Implications
Karin Wiest

Part I. Gendered Representations and Perceptions of the Rural

2. Women Assess Rurality — A Tailored Rural Idyll
Mireia Baylina, Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Ana María Porto, Isabel Salamaña, Montserrat Villarino

3. References to a Rural Idyll in the Attitudes and Self-Perceptions of Women in Rural West Germany
Gesine Tuitjer

4. Rural Milieus in East-Central Europe — Gendered Attitudes to Post-modern Values
Éva G. Fekete

5. Determinants of Individual Quality of Life Ratings in Rural Versus Suburban Regions — A Gender Perspective
Nana Zarnekow, Christian H. C. A. Henning

Part II. Rural Labour Markets for Women — Restrictions and Opportunities

6. Gendered Rural Labour Markets and Intent to Migrate — A Case Study in Northwestern Germany
Kim Philip Schumacher, Alexander Kunz

7. Women in Creative Jobs and Living in Rural Areas — A Contradiction?
Susanne Schmidt

8. The Hidden Potential of Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland
Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska

9. Business Clusters and Social Cooperatives — A Chance to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland?
Boguslaw Bembenek, Teresa Piecuch, Joanna Sudol-Pusz

Part III. Women’s Living Situations in Rural Areas and Gender-Related Policies

10. Exploring Female Over-Migration in Rural Spain — Employment, Care Giving and Mobility
Luis Camarero, Rosario Sampedro

11. Decentralised Higher Education Infrastructure in Rural Areas to Impede the Outmigration of Highly Qualified Young Women
Verena Peer

12. Gender Equality in the Regional Development Discourse — Only Rhetoric Modernisation? Austrian Experiences
Theresia Oedl-Wieser

Keywords: Social Sciences, Human Geography, Demography, Area Studies, Geography, general, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Gender Studies