Christine Tamásy, University of Vechta, Germany, and Javier Revilla Diez, University of Hanover, Germany.

• 1: Introduction; I: Global-Rural Linkages; 2: Economic Entanglements and the Re-shaping of Place in the Global Countryside; 3: Agriculture in Chains: Farms, Firms and Contracts; 4: The Unjust Chain? The Value Chain of Milk in Germany; 5: International Migration and Resilience: Rural Introductory Spaces and Refugee Immigration as a Resource; 6: Community Resilience under Influences of Higher Governance Structures: The Case of the Czech Rural Community Nošovice; II: Rural Entrepreneurship and Rural Labour Markets; 7: Non-farm Businesses in Rural Areas: Response to Crisis or Exploiting Opportunities? Evidence from Vietnam; 8: Immigrant Small Enterprises in Rural Sweden: Local and Transnational Resource Mobilisation; 9: The Role of Large Enterprises in Local Labour Market Development in Non-Metropolitan Rural Areas in Poland; III: Rural Innovation and Learning; 10: Entrepreneurial Innovation Capability of Rural Regions: An Underestimated Phenomena?; 11: Arranging Support for Collective Learning in Rural Areas of Germany; 12: Networks of Regional Learning in Rural Eastern Saxony; 13: The Role of Agglomeration Economies for SME Transnationalisation: Bypassing the Global Urban Service Nexus?; IV: Rural Policies and Governance; 14: The Role of Side Activities in Building Rural Resilience: The Case Study of Kiel-Windeweer (The Netherlands); 15: Metropolitan Regions and Rural Development: The Case of Bremen-Oldenburg, Northwestern Germany; 16: New Approaches to Rural Places

’Rather than globalisation producing more sameness among the world’s rural areas, studies seem to reveal ever more difference. What this conundrum might mean for the strengthening of the social and economic resilience of rural areas is the question at the heart of this thoughtful and stimulating book.’ Neil Ward, University of East Anglia, UK ’Concepts of resilience and globalisation are central to contemporary discussions on rural sustainability. In this book, exploration of these concepts and the clever weaving of the debate around the interaction of global and local actors and the notion of place distinct rural trajectories provide a timely contribution to a debate which impacts within and beyond rural Europe. The exciting array of contributors and case studies certainly provides an excellent resource for researchers and students grappling with the challenges and opportunities of the ever dynamic rural.’ John McDonagh, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland