ABSTRACT
Emerging in the throes of a global pandemic that threatens Europe’s economies and food security, International Labour Migration to Europe’s Rural Regions combines a diverse range of empirically rich, in-depth case studies, analysis of their rural context specificities, and insights from labour market and migration theories, to critically examine the conditions and implications of rural labour migration.
Despite its growing political, economic and social importance, our understanding of international labour migration to Europe’s rural regions remains limited. This edited volume provides intricate descriptions of lived experience, critical theoretical analyses, analytical synthesis, and policy recommendations for this novel and developing phenomenon that has the potential to transform the lives of international migrants and local communities. The book’s 25 authors represent a wide range of social science disciplines, with coverage of a vast range of Europe’s rural regions, and diverse types of rural labour in areas such as horticulture, shepherding, wild berry picking and fish processing.
The volume will be of interest to policy makers at local, regional, national and European levels, and scholars and students in a broad range of areas, including migration, labour markets, and rural studies.
This book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|137 pages
Transforming Europe’s rural industries
chapter Chapter 1|19 pages
New perspectives on international labour migration to Europe’s rural regions
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
Are the guest-worker programmes still effective?
chapter Chapter 3|15 pages
The social and spatial mobility strategies of migrants
chapter Chapter 4|18 pages
Ghettos, camps and dormitories
chapter Chapter 5|16 pages
Lessons from the mountains
chapter Chapter 6|18 pages
Temporary farmworkers and migration transition
chapter Chapter 7|17 pages
‘Living on the edge’?
chapter Chapter 8|17 pages
Changing labour standards and ‘subordinated inclusion’
part Section II|70 pages
Transforming Europe’s rural societies
chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Agricultural employers’ representation and rationalisation of their work offer
chapter Chapter 10|16 pages
Emotions and community development after return migration in the rural Arctic
chapter Chapter 11|18 pages
Does international labour migration affect internal mobility in rural Norway?
chapter Chapter 12|16 pages
‘If we do not have the pickers, we do not have the industry’
part Section III|37 pages
Concluding remarks