International migration and rural areas : cross-national comparative perspectives / edited by Birgit Jentsch, Myriam Simard.
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TextSeries: Studies in migration and diasporaPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.Description: xii, 201 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780754674849 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0754674843 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780754697879 (ebk.)
- 0754697878 (ebk.)
- HB1956 .I58 2009
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 307.26 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R17341PKRC |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
While immigrants are still predominantly choosing urban areas to locate to, there is now increasing evidence of immigration to rural areas which poses its own challenges for those relocating, from the scarcity of high quality jobs to the provision of public and private services. Addressing the shortcomings in current research, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national, comparative, global perspective. It draws lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts, including Canada, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Greece and Russia. Bringing together migration experts from a range of academic disciplines, International Migration and Rural Areas contributes to conceptual developments and also identifies policy concerns which can be pursued at national, sub-national and supra-national levels. As such, it will appeal to policy makers, as well as scholars across a range of disciplines, including geography, politics, demography, social policy, sociology and anthropology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : key issues in contemporary rural immigration / Myriam Simard and Birgit Jentsch -- Taken by surprise : new immigrants in the rural United States / Leif Jensen and Tse-Chuan Yang -- Retention and departure factors influencing highly skilled immigrants in rural areas : medical professionals in Quebec, Canada / Myriam Simard -- From enthusiasm to perplexity and scepticism : international migrants in the rural regions of Greece and southern Europe / Charalambos Kasimis -- Migration to rural Ireland : a North Cork case study / Liam Coakley and Piaras Mac Éinrí -- The new Scottish rural labour market : processes of inclusion and exclusion / Mike Danson and Birgit Jentsch -- Immigrants and receiving communities in rural Russia : experiences from the Central European and the Far East regions / Irina Ivakhnyuk -- Conclusion : general trends and comparative perspectives on rural immigrants' integration / Birgit Jentsch and Myriam Simard.