Right to Be Rural

Karen R. Foster is Associate Professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University and holds the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada. Jennifer Jarman is Professor and Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at Lakehead University.

• Acknowledgments ix1 Geographies of Citizenship, Equity, Opportunity, and Choice 1Karen R. Foster & Jennifer Jarman I The Right to Rural Education2 The Right to Language in Rural Nova Scotia, Canada 19Katie K. MacLeod3 Experiencing an Active Citizenship 35Democratic and Inclusive Practices in Three Rural Secondary Schools in SpainLaura Domingo-Penafiel, Laura Farre-Riera & Nuria Simo-Gil4 Hallway Pedagogy and Resource Loss 51Countering Fake News in Rural Canadian SchoolsArio Seto II The Right to Rural Livelihoods5 Stemming the Tide 71Youth Entrepreneurial Citizenship in Rural Nova Scotia, CanadaGregory R. L. Hadley6 Dispossession, Environmental Degradation, and the Right to Be Rural 91The Case of Small-Scale Fishers in Chilika Lagoon, IndiaPallavi V. Das III The Right to Rural Health7 Reproducing the Rural Citizen 107Barriers to Rural Birthing and Maternity Care in CanadaSarah Rudrum, Lesley Frank & Kayla McCarney8 Rural Food 123Rights and Remedies for Older Persons in CanadaKathleen Kevany & Al Lauzon9 The Multifaceted Sense of Belonging 141Discursive Conceptions of Home by Third Age Residents in Rural FinlandKatja Rinne-Koski & Sulevi Riukulehto IV The Right to Rural Representation10 Citizens or Individuals? 159Patterns of Local Civic Engagement of Young University Graduates Living in Rural Areas in PolandIlona Matysiak11 Beyond the “Rural Problem” 177Comparing Urban and Rural Political Citizenship, Values, and Practices in Atlantic CanadaRachel McLay & Howard Ramos12 Defining Indigenous Citizenship 193Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), the Right to Self-Determination, and Canadian CitizenshipSatenia Zimmermann, Sara Teitelbaum, Jennifer Jarman& M. A. (Peggy) Smith V The Right to Rural Policy13 Density Matters and Distance Matters 211Canadian Public Policy from a Rural PerspectiveRay D. Bollman14 Rural Citizenship Under the Impact of Rural Transformation 237Unpacking the Role of Spatial Planning in Protecting the Right to Be Rural in ZimbabweJeofrey Matai & Innocent Chirisa15 The Right to Multiple Futures in the Shadow of Canada’s Smart City Movement 253S. Ashleigh Weeden16 “What Makes Our Land Illegal?” 271Regularization and the Urbanization of Rural Land in EthiopiaEshetayehu Kinfu & Logan Cochrane VI The Right to Rural Mobility17 Exploring Rural Citizenship through Displacement 289An Analysis of Citizenship in the Context of Refugee Resettlement and Integration in Rural CanadaStacey Haugen18 Local Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion 303Exploring the Situation of Migrant Labourers and their Descendants after Land Reform in Rural ZimbabweClement Chipenda & Tom Tom19 Rural Redlining in the Danish Housing Market 321Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding Spatial (In)justiceJens Kaae Fisker, Annette Aagaard Thuesen& Egon Bjornshave Noe20 What’s Next for the Right to Be Rural? 339Jennifer Jarman & Karen R. Foster Contributors 351Index 365"

“The Right to Be Rural is a formidable beginning to problematizing and unpacking rural life, creating a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie before rural citizens. International scholars spell out meaningful strategies to stem the tide of community loss as they look at issues of digital citizenship, housing, and resources in Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Poland, and Zimbabwe.” Fabrizio Antonelli, Mount Allison University