Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

International immigration, integration and sustainability in small towns and villages: socio-territorial challenges in rural and semi-rural Europe

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

This book brings small places to the main stage in an exploration of the nature of immigration in rural areas and small towns in Europe. Extending recent efforts to study migration at a sub-national scale, the authors focus their analysis on non-metropolitan areas to consider how globalisation and modernisation processes are experienced at a local level.

Morén-Alegret and Wladyka weave themes of livelihood, social participation, justice and equity into human and planetary sustainability debates, drawing on quantitative population data as well as qualitative information on challenges for rural and small town sustainability in four different European countries (Portugal, France, Spain and England).

Highlighting the interlinked relationship between rural sustainability, migration and ethnic diversity, this research is a valuable resource for policy-makers and academics alike, with far-reaching implications across geography, sociology,political science, anthropology and environmental sciences.

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Introduction: Small Can Be More Than Beautiful : https://rdcu.be/eGVsd

Conceptualising (Rural) Sustainability in the Migration Age : https://rdcu.be/eGVs2

Integration, Immigration and Sustainability in European Small Towns and Rural Areas: Achieving Long-Term Immigrants’ Settlement Beyond the Metropolitan Areas? : https://rdcu.be/eGVtM

International Comparative Research in Europe: Introducing Research Methods : https://rdcu.be/eGVtO

Southern Europe: Comparing the Cases of Empordà in NE Catalonia, Spain, and Alentejo Litoral in SW Portugal : https://rdcu.be/eGVt3

North-West Europe: Comparing the Cases of South Warwickshire in Central England, UK, and of Poitou-Charentes in New Aquitaine, West France : https://rdcu.be/eGVuD

Final Considerations: How to Improve Future Policies on Rural and Small-Town Sustainability and Immigrants’ Integration? : https://rdcu.be/eGVu6

DOI

10.1057/978-1-137-58621-6

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