Migration into Rural Areas: Theories and Issues

The popular dream of "escaping to the countryside" is a feature of most modern Western societies – so much so that "counterurbanisation" has long been the dominant factor in population redistribution in the developed world. This process of counterurbanisation is widely recognised but poorly understood. It involves much more than simple residential relocation and long distance commuting by affluent city workers. It has a wide–ranging impact on the economy, social structure, housing market, culture and lifestyles of everyone living in rural areas, frequently being associated with conflict between incomers and established rural residents. This book is the first to broadly cover theoretical approaches in migration, borrowing from the fields of geography, planning, sociology and psychology to disentangle this collective behaviour and uncover the character and motivations of the individuals involved. It integrates formal statistical analysis with a consideration of language, culture, social change and behavioural models to build a more complete picture of the process involved. With examples from Britain, mainland Europe, United States and Australia the book is a major contribution to the reconceptualisation of counterurbanisation.

Spis treści:
Migration, Rurality and the Post–Productivist Countryside (K. Halfacree & P. Boyle).
Studying Counterurbanisation and the Rural Population Turnaround (T. Champion).
Counterurbanisation and Social Class (T. Fielding).
Contrasting the Counterurbanisation Experience in European Nations (T. Kontuly).
Concentrated Immigration, Restructuring and the ′Selective′ Deconcentration of the United States Population (W. Frey & K. Johnson).
The Hypothesis of Welfare–Led Migration to Rural Areas: The Australian Case (G. Hugo & M. Bell).
Inside Looking Out;
Outside Looking in. Different Experiences of Cultural Competence in Rural Lifestyles (P. Cloke, et al.) .
Indigeneity, Identity and Locality: Perspectives on Swaledale (S. Fielding).
Class, Colonisation and Lifestyle Strategies in Gower (P. Cloke, et al.).
Middle Class Mobility, Rural Communities and the Politics of Exclusion (J. Murdoch & G. Day).
Neo–Tribes, Migration and the Post–Productivist Countryside (K. Halfacree).
Counterurbanisation, Fragmentation and the Paradox of the Rural Idyll (M. Gorton, et al.).
Planning by Numbers: Migration and Statistical Governance (S. Abram, et al.).
Neglected Gender Dimensions of Rural Social Restructuring (J. Agg & M. Phillips).
Migration into Rural Communities: Questioning the Language of Counterurbanisation (J. Allen & E. Mooney).
Migration into Rural Areas: A Collective Behaviour Framework? (P. Boyle and K. Halfacree).
List of Illustrations.
List of Tables.
List of Contributors.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Paul Boyle is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds.
Keith Halfacree is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Wales, Swansea

Okładka tylna:
The popular dream of "escaping to the countryside" is a feature of most modern Western societies – so much so that "counterurbanisation" has long been the dominant factor in population redistribution in the developed world. This process of counterurbanisation is widely recognised but poorly understood. It involves much more than simple residential relocation and long distance commuting by affluent city workers. It has a wide–ranging impact on the economy, social structure, housing market, culture and lifestyles of everyone living in rural areas, frequently being associated with conflict between incomers and established rural residents. This book is the first to broadly cover theoretical approaches in migration, borrowing from the fields of geography, planning, sociology and psychology to disentangle this collective behaviour and uncover the character and m otivations of the individuals involved. It integrates formal statistical analysis with a consideration of language, culture, social change and behavioural models to build a more complete picture of the process involved. With examples from Britain, mainland Europe, United States and Australia the book is a major contribution to the reconceptualisation of counterurbanisation.