International migration and rural areas
Subtitle: cross-national comparative perspectives
By: by Birgit Jentsch and Myriam Simard.
Contributors: Simard, Myriam, 1948-
Series: Studies in migration and diaspora
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780754674849
Subjects: Urban-rural migration -- Case studies; Rural development -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: Addressing the shortcomings in current research on the relationship between immigrants and rural areas, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national comparative, global perspective, drawing lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : key issues in contemporary rural immigration / Myriam Simard and Birgit Jentsch; title: Taken by surprise : new immigrants in the rural United States / Leif Jensen and Tse-Chuan Yang; title: Retention and departure factors influencing highly skilled immigrants in rural areas : medical professionals in Quebec, Canada / Myriam Simard; title: From enthusiasm to perplexity and scepticism : international migrants in the rural regions of Greece and southern Europe / Charalambos Kasimis; title: Migration to rural Ireland : a North Cork case study / Liam Coakley and Piaras Mac Éinri; title: The new Scottish rural labour market : processes of inclusion and exclusion / Mike Danson and Birgit Jentsch; title: Immigrants and receiving communities in rural Russia : experiences from the central European and the far east regions / Irina Ivakhnyuk; title: Conclusion: general trends and comparative perspectives on rural immigration / Birgit Jentsch and Myriam Simard.