FRONT COVER -- AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE: BETWEEN OLD AND NEW PARADIGMS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- 1 INTRODUCTION: REFRAMING AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE -- PURPOSE OF THE BOOK -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- 2 BRINGING MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE INTO THE THEORETICAL DEBATES -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW ON THE EVOLUTION OF AGRARIAN CHANGE PARADIGMS -- MODERNISATION, PRODUCTIVISM, INTENSIFICATION...OR MARGINALISATION: THE MEDITERRANEAN CORRECTIVE -- THE POST-PRODUCTIVISM ALLEGORY -- BREAKING THE DEADLOCK: MULTIFUNCTIONALITY AND THE NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM -- NEW CONCEPTS AND DEBATES, OLD DUALISMS -- CHANGING THE LENSES: MANIFOLD EXPRESSIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE -- BEYOND DUALITY -- ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGRARIAN AND NON-AGRARIAN DYNAMICS -- ON PLURIACTIVITY AND PART-TIME FARMING -- ON THE DELAY, SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY IDIOSYNCRASY -- AND NOW, THE CRISIS: A CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3 THE 'SOUTHERN MODEL' OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE REVISITED: CONTINUITIES AND DYNAMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- NORTH-SOUTH DIFFERENCES: THE STRUCTURAL TRAITS -- THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURES: HISTORICAL RIGIDITY AND RECENT CHANGES -- SOME EXPLANATORY ELEMENTS OF THE STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY -- THE DIFFUSION OF LAND RENTING -- INFORMAL LAND CESSIONS AND THE 'REAL' STRUCTURE OF HOLDINGS -- FARMING ORGANISATION IN THE SOUTH -- RURAL EXODUS AND FARM FAMILY NETWORKS -- OUTSOURCING AND AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS -- FARM LABOUR MARKET AND THE ROLE OF MIGRANT WORK -- OTHER PRODUCTIVIST TRAITS: INTENSIFICATION AND SPECIALISATION -- SOME (INTERNALLY COMPLEX) MULTIFUNCTIONAL DYNAMICS -- THE 'BOOM' OF QUALITY-ORIENTED DYNAMICS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE -- NON-AGRICULTURAL FARM DIVERSIFICATION -- A STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROXIMATION TO MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS.

NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4 CHANGING AGRICULTURE - CHANGING LANDSCAPES: WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HIGH VALUED MONTADO LANDSCAPES OF SOUTHERN PORTUGAL? -- THE MONTADO SYSTEM AND LANDSCAPE -- RECENT CHANGES IN THE MONTADO PATTERN -- LAND MANAGERS OPTIONS IN FACE OF CONFLICTING PRESSURES -- DISCUSSION: MONTADO, A THREATHENED LANDSCAPE? -- REFERENCES -- 5 PROCESSES OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT: LAND USE CHANGE AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN GALICIA (SPAIN) -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT OF THE STUDY -- LAND USES IN GALICIAN AGRICULTURE: SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS TRENDS TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- INITIAL SITUATION: LAND USE IN THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM -- THE CHANGES IN THE PERIOD 1962-1982 -- EVOLUTION OF THE FARMLAND DURING 1982-2009 -- GLOBAL TRENDS -- TERRITORIAL DIFFERENCES: EVOLUTION OF UAA AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL -- CURRENT USES OF LAND AND ABANDONMENT -- GLOBAL DATA -- GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES -- EXPLANATORY FACTORS OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT IN GALICIA -- THE CONSTRAINTS DERIVED FROM THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE -- DEFICIENCIES IN LAND MOBILITY -- DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF FARMLAND ABANDONMENT: PRODUCTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS -- PRODUCTIVE IMPACTS: LIMITATION OF FARM SIZE AND INTENSIFICATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 6 REPRODUCING PRODUCTIVISM IN SPANISH AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN SPANISH AGRICULTURE: AN OUTLINE FROM NATIONAL STATISTICS -- INTENSIVE HORTICULTURE IN SOUTHERN SPAIN: THE PATHWAYS OF PROGRESS OF THE PRODUCTIVIST REGIME -- SPATIAL AND FARM-LEVEL PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN VINEYARD FARMING SYSTEMS -- SMALL RUMINANT LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS: BETWEEN INTENSIFICATION AND MARGINALIZATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

7 THE AMBIGUITIES OF FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE: IMAGES OF THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE TO MASK SOCIAL DUMPING? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE -- PERSISTENT DIVERSITY OF FARMS AND OBJECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THEM BY HOUSEHOLDS -- THE MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AS AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF LABOUR -- THE GROWING INVISIBILITY OF MIGRANT FARM LABOUR -- CONCLUSION: UNEXPECTED CONVERGENCE OF INTERESTS TO PUT FORWARD A NEW TYPE OF VIRTUAL FARMER? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 8 REGIONAL PATTERNS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN ITALIAN AGRICULTURE -- INTRODUCTION -- ITALIAN FARMS: SIZE, LAND PROPERTY, LEGAL STATUS AND MIX ORIENTATION -- HUMAN CAPITAL AND ICT INVESTMENTS IN ITALIAN AGRICULTURE -- HUMAN CAPITAL -- INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INVESTMENTS IN ITALIAN AGRICULTURE -- INNOVATIVE CAPACITY OF ITALIAN FARMS -- INNOVATION IN ITALIAN AGRICULTURE -- THE ITALIAN PRODUCTS OF DESIGNATED AND GUARANTEED ORIGIN -- ORGANIC FARMING IN ITALY -- AGRITOURISM IN ITALY -- THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF ITALIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 THE EMERGENCE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES IN ITALIAN FARMS -- INTRODUCTION -- NEW DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORIES IN ITALY -- METHODOLOGY AND DATA -- STRUCTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS BY FARM TYPES -- THE PERFORMANCE OF ITALIAN FARMS BY FARM TYPES OVER TIME -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 10 TRANSFORMATIONS IN CROATIAN AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERIZING REGIONAL DISPARITIES -- THE PANNONIAN REGION -- MOUNTAINOUS REGION -- MEDITERRANEAN REGION -- THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF CROATIAN AGRICULTURE -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF RURAL POPULATION.

AGRICULTURAL POLICY MEASURES DURING TRANSITIONAL SHOCK -- THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE NEW AGRICULTURAL POLICY -- LEARNING CAP LESSONS THROUGH PRE-ACCESSION PROGRAMMES -- ADJUSTMENT TO DECENTRALIZED WAY OF THINKING AND RAPID DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- CONCLUSION: TRANSFORMATION OF CROATIAN AGRICULTURE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 11 RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND FAMILY FARMING IN CONTEMPORARY GREECE -- SOLIDIFYING A POST-AGRICULTURAL COUNTRYSIDE -- RURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN GREECE -- THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD OF DE-AGRICULTURALIZATION -- FARM STRUCTURES: 'NOTHING HAS CHANGED BUT NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME' -- THE MOSAIC OF EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURES -- THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF PLURIACTIVITY -- FARM HOUSEHOLD INCOMES -- THE PERPLEXITY OF RURAL MOBILITIES -- THE RURAL EXODUS -- AN 'EX DEUS MACHINA': IN-MIGRATION OF WAGE LABOURERS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FARM FAMILY DIVISION OF LABOUR -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE RESILIENT MOBILITIES -- GREECE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL REGIONS -- EMPLOYMENT CHANGES -- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FORMATION AND THE BALANCE OF TRADE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS -- REVERSE MOBILITIES, OLD TIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 12 AGRICULTURE IN MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE: CHALLENGING THEORY AND POLICY -- A CONSTELLATION OF AGRARIAN TRANSITIONS ON PARADIGMS' LANDSCAPE -- IMPURE FORMS OF AGRICULTURAL PATHWAYS: FROM FARM-LEVEL DECISIONS TO TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS -- PARADIGMS, POLICIES AND POLICY-MAKERS -- IS MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE STILL FAMILY FARMING? -- MIGRANT WORKERS IN MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE: A CONSOLIDATED TRAIT -- WHAT ROLE FOR MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AREAS IN THE PERIOD OF CRISIS? -- THE SMALL-SCALE FARMING CHALLENGE -- CONCLUDING: FILLING THE GAPS? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.