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Women and Migration in Rural Europe

Labour Markets, Representations and Policies

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Karin Wiest

    1. Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany

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Part of the book series: New Geographies of Europe (NGE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Women and Migration in Rural Europe — Explanations and Implications

    1. Introduction: Women and Migration in Rural Europe — Explanations and Implications

      • Karin Wiest
      Pages 1-22

  3. Gendered Representations and Perceptions of the Rural

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 24-24
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    2. Women Assess Rurality — A Tailored Rural Idyll

      • Mireia Baylina, Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Ana María Porto, Isabel Salamaña, Montserrat Villarino
      Pages 25-43

    3. References to a Rural Idyll in the Attitudes and Self-Perceptions of Women in Rural West Germany

      • Gesine Tuitjer
      Pages 44-63

    4. Rural Milieus in East-Central Europe — Gendered Attitudes to Post-modern Values

      • Éva G. Fekete
      Pages 64-85

    5. Determinants of Individual Quality of Life Ratings in Rural Versus Suburban Regions — A Gender Perspective

      • Nana Zarnekow, Christian H. C. A. Henning
      Pages 86-106

  4. Rural Labour Markets for Women — Restrictions and Opportunities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 108-108
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    2. Gendered Rural Labour Markets and Intent to Migrate — A Case Study in Northwestern Germany

      • Kim Philip Schumacher, Alexander Kunz
      Pages 109-130

    3. Women in Creative Jobs and Living in Rural Areas — A Contradiction?

      • Susanne Schmidt
      Pages 131-149

    4. The Hidden Potential of Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland

      • Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska
      Pages 150-169

    5. Business Clusters and Social Cooperatives — A Chance to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland?

      • Boguslaw Bembenek, Teresa Piecuch, Joanna Sudol-Pusz
      Pages 170-186

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 251-257
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About this book

Fundamental societal changes in the globalising European countryside impact women's migration decisions. The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts to explain women's movements from rural areas, taking prevailing labour market conditions as well as gender relations into account. Utilising empirical findings from countries including Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain, this collection particularly aims to build bridges between research following the 'cultural turn' and functionalist explanations which refer to material and practiced ruralities.
The international range of contributors to Women and Migration in Rural Europe focus on societal constructions of gender and rurality, and in doing so, address various female perspectives on rural life. The analysis of the different working and living conditions in different parts of rural Europe reveals distinct obstacles but also prospects for young women. Importantly, the book includes policy implications withrespect to the challenges of demographic change, questions of gender equality and women's contribution to rural development.

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“It is a valuable contribution to current debates on gender and rural migration. … book is an academic writing with solid arguments, and it is easily readable at the same time. Illustrations are also of high quality. The volume contains 16 figures, 13 maps, 14 tables, photographs and interview quotes as well, which are all detailed, accurate and informative. The book is highly recommended to all, especially to scholars and policy-makers in the field of gender, rural and migration issues.” (Szabolcs Fabula, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 65 (3), 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany

    Karin Wiest

About the editor

Karin Wiest is Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig, Germany. Her research focuses on socio-spatial processes in urban and rural Europe. She has led and participated in several EU-funded research projects focusing on female migration, demographic change and regional development.

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