Introduction -- How the other half lives: rural women encounter England's land rights revolution -- Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Republic: the majority as an obstacle to progress? -- "Without land I am nothing!": Kikuyu women and land rights -- Conclusion

This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas. Significant differences between East and West persist and many of these have clear rural dimensions. Factors such as CAP reforms, ageing of the German population and migration trends will also have important rural...