International Migration and Rural Areas: Cross-National Comparative Perspectives (Studies in Migration and Diaspora) - Hardcover

Simard, Myriam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754674843 ISBN 13: 9780754674849

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Birgit Jentsch is Senior Researcher at the Ionad NĂ iseanta na h-Imrich (National Centre for Migration Studies), Scotland. Myriam Simard is Research Professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754674843
• ISBN 13: 9780754674849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 218
• Editor: Jentsch Birgit