Contemporary immigration processes, such as forced migration and labour-induced mobility, as well as lifestyle and leisure-oriented movements, increasingly affe

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 effort

While immigrants are still predominantly choosing urban areas to locate to, there is now increasing evidence of immigration to rural areas which poses its own c

The migration of country dwellers towards the urban areas has been a most important factor in the development of the West European society in which we live toda

Fundamental societal changes in the globalising European countryside impact women's migration decisions. The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts