Challenging Welfare Issues in the Global Countryside

2. Redefining the 'Rural Question': The New 'Politics of the Rural' and Social Policy: Michael Woods.

3. Rural Movements in Europe: Scandinavia and the Accession States: Vanessa Halhead.

4. Market-based Governance and the Challenge for Rural Governments: US Trends: Mildred E. Warner.

5. Between Decentralized Planning and Neo-liberalism: Challenges for the Survival of the Indigenous People of Kerala, India: Darley Jose Kjosavik, Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam.

6. Child Health in Rural Mexico: Has Progresa Reduced Children's Morbidity Risks?: Maria C. Huerta.

7. Rurality and Social Inclusion: A Case of Preschool Education: Mark Shucksmith, Janet Shucksmith, Joyce Watt.

8. Jobs in the Bush: Global Industries and Inclusive Rural Development: Robyn Eversole, John Martin.

9. Older People 'on the Edge' in the Countrysides of Europe: George Giacinto Giarchi.

10. Spinning the Rural Agenda: The Countryside Alliance, Fox Hunting and Social Policy: Alison Anderson.

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