ARTICLES AND STUDIES
- Michael Hainz – Globalization, Interregional competition and Economically Relevant Institutions in Rural Areas
- Ilkka Alanen – Soviet Community Spirit and the Fight over the Rural Future of the Baltic Countries
- Viktor Artemov, Olga Novokhatskaia – conditions and the Way of Life of the Rural Population in Siberia: Trends of the 1990s
- Grzegorz Foryś, Krzysztof Gorlach – The Dynamics of Polish Peasant Protests under Post-Communism
- Enikö Veres – What is Really beyond Communism? Romanian Rural Space between Traditionalism and Modernity
RESEARCH REPORTS AND MATERIALS
- Arkadiusz Karwacki – The Culture of Poverty in the Post-State Farm Community
- Péter Csillag, Sándor Elek, Ákos Németh – Family Farming in Hungary
- Janet H. Momsen, Irén Kukorelli Szörényi – Gender and Rural Enterpreneurship in Post-Communist East and West Hungary
- Ernö Kovács, Zsuzsanna Bacsi – Small Business Development along Lake Balaton in Hungary
- Edward Majewski, Andrzej Bednarek, Marie Bagel – Environmental Awarness of Polish Farmers
REVIEWS AND INFORMATION
- Hanuš Schimmerling, Véra Majerová – Rural Sociology in the Czech Republic – a review and future prospects
- Karolina Drobnik – Helping Academics in Central Eastern Europe – the Research Support Scheme
- Agnieszka Kulawiak – An Important Source of Information on Social Research in Central Eastern Europe
- Iwona Leśniewicz – The Future of Peasant Culture – Decline or Revival (Europe’s Green Ring. Leo Granberg, Imre Kovách, Hilary Tovey)
- Agnieszka Grela – Changing Land Use Patterns in Central and Eastern European Countries (Agricultural Transformation and Land Use in Central and Eastern Europe, Stephan J. Goetz, Tanja Jaksch, Rosemarie Siebert, eds.)