Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe

Edited by Jussi P. Laine, Professor of Multidisciplinary Border Studies, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Research Associate, Institute for Applied Research of Ageing, Villach, Austria and Marika Gruber, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, School of Management, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

• Contents:1 On the potential of immigration for the remote areas ofEurope: an introduction 1Jussi P. Laine, Daniel Rauhut and Marika GruberPART I RECOGNITION, RENEGOTIATION,REVITALISATION2 Appropriate housing in rural and mountain areas? Currentstructures and practices of access for immigrants – thecase of Alpine regions in Austria and Germany 27Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger, Ingrid Machold andMarika Gruber3 Labour market shortages and exclusion practices: theirrationalities of the labour markets and the legislation 44Marika Gruber, Kathrin Zupan, Nuria del Olmo Vicénand Raúl Lardiés-Bosque4 Long-term needs to achieve social inclusionary pathwaysfor migrants 60Ingrid Machold, Thomas Dax and Lisa Bauchinger5 Russian-speaking immigrants’ vulnerable transnationalfamily lives on the border: the case of North Karelia 77Pirjo Pöllänen, Lauri Havukainen and OlgaDavydova-Minguet6 De/re/bordering remoteness in times of crisis: migrationfor reterritorialization and revitalization of a remote region 93Anna Krasteva7 Migrating to Scottish insular communities: howremoteness affects integration by shaping borders and identities 111Maria Luisa Caputo, Michele Bianchi and Simone BaglioniPART II CHALLENGES FOR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE8 The impact of foreign immigrants on the revitalization ofrural areas in Spain 130Raúl Lardiés-Bosque and Nuria del Olmo Vicén9 Access to welfare policies by immigrants: comparingcentralized and decentralized governance in the examplesof Turkey and Spain 149Põnar Uyan Semerci, Fatma Yõlmaz Elmas, Raœl LardiŽsBosque and Nuria Del Olmo-Vicén10 The local turn in migrant practices in Turkey: Syrians in Bursa 166Ayhan Kaya11 Immigrant integration in Austria and Sweden:a patchwork of multilevel governance and fragmentedresponsibilities 183Marika Gruber and Daniel Rauhut12 ‘A spanner in the works’: exploring the relationshipbetween provision of welfare and integration in rural areas 201Susanne Stenbacka and Tina Mathisen13 Structures, trends and turning points of Norwegian andSwedish integration policies 218Ulf Hansson, Akin Deniz, Zuzana Macuchova andPer Olav Lund14 Conclusions: renegotiated remoteness and the socialimpact of immigration 237Daniel Rauhut, Jussi P. Laine and Marika GruberIndex

‘With this book, the researchers of the MATILDE project fill an important research gap. Through the diversity of the case studies, the range of opportunities and challenges experienced in remote areas through third-country nationals are impressively exemplified. The book is a valuable addition to the literature, especially for migration studies and rural studies.’