This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalising world that fundamentally impacts on the structure of agricultural life in rural areas and urban-rural relations. It analyses 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 the case-studies that follow. ;

• Chapter 1: Gender and rural globalisation: an introduction to international perspectives on gender and rural development
• Chapter 2: Gender and mobility
• Chapter 3: “There is dignity only with livestock”: Land grabbing and the changing social practices of pastoralist women in Gujarat, India
• Chapter 4: Women's migration for work. The case of Ukrainian caregivers in rural Italy
• Chapter 5: Gender, migration and rural livelihoods in Uzbekistan in times of change
• Chapter 6: Gender and rural migration in Mexico and The Caribbean
• Chapter 7: Gender and Agriculture
• Chapter 8: The Genderness of Climate Change, Australia
• Chapter 9: Where family, farm and society intersect: values of women farmers in Sweden
• Chapter 10: Women farmers and agricultural extension/education in Slovenia and Greece
• Chapter 11: The Agency Paradox: the Impact of Gender(ed) Frameworks on Irish Farm Youth
• Chapter 12: Rurality and Gender Identity
• Chapter 13: Rural. Women. Leaders. Identity formation in rural Northern Ireland
• Chapter 14: Gender identities and divorce among farmers in Norway
• Chapter 15: Merging Masculinities: exploring intersecting masculine identities on family farms
• Chapter 16: Creating ‘masculine’ spaces for ‘feminine’ emotions – Men and social inclusion
• Chapter 17: Gender desegregation among village representatives in Poland: towards breaking the male domination in local politics?
• Chapter 18: Gender and international development
• Chapter 19: ‘Glocal’ networking for gender equality and sustainable livelihoods
• Chapter 20: Gender Transitions in Agriculture and Food Systems
• Chapter 21: Sugar and Gender Relations in Malawi
• Chapter 22: The role of gender indicators in rural development programmes
• Chapter 23: Beneficial for women? Global trends in gender, land and titling
• Chapter 24: Conclusions – Future Directions