rural areas and the country as a whole. Rapidly developing rural areas lie in the vicinity of towns and cities with good …. Rural areas lagging behind are invariably situated in regions that rely on heavy industry or only on large-scale farming … losers amounts to two-thirds of the local society. It also seeks to identify the causes of the social gap in Hungary's rural …

General Findings -- The Restructuring of Agriculture -- Green barons and others -- Rural structure in the mid-1990s -- The Non …-Farm Economy -- Local Government -- Inexperience -- Impotence -- Rural Communities and Civil Society -- 3. Bulgaria -- Contested Co …