Women and Migration in Rural Europe

Labour Markets, Representations and Policies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-01-20
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt484 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Geographies of Europe
Antal sidor257
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137483034

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhalle och politik

1. Women and Migration in Rural Europe: Explanations and Implications; Karin Wiest PART I: GENDERED REPRESENTATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE RURAL 2. Women Assess Rurality: A Tailored Rural Idyll; Mireia Baylina, Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon, Ana María Porto, Isabel Salamaña and Montserrat Villarino 3. References to a Rural Idyll in the Attitudes and Self-perceptions of Women in Rural West Germany; Gesine Tuitjer 4. Rural Milieus in East-Central Europe Gendered Attitudes to Postmodern Values; Eva G.Fekete 5. Determinants of Individual Quality of Life Ratings in Rural Versus Suburban Regions A Gender Perspective; Nana Zarnekow and Christian Henning PART II: RURAL LABOUR MARKETS FOR WOMEN: RESTRICTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES 6. Gendered Rural Labour Markets and the Intent to Migrate A Case Study in North-Western Germany; Kim Philip Schumacher and Alexander Kunz 7. Women in Creative Jobs and Living in Rural Areas A Contradiction?; Susanne Schmidt 8. The Hidden Potential of Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland; Ewa Rollnik-Sadowska 9. Business Clusters and Social Cooperatives A Chance to Promote Female Entrepreneurship in Rural Poland?; Bogus?aw Bembenek, Teresa Piecuch and Joanna Sudo?-Pusz PART III: WOMEN'S LIVING SITUATIONS IN RURAL AREAS AND GENDER-RELATED POLICIES 10. Exploring Female Over-Migration in Rural Spain: Employment, Care Giving and Mobility; Luis Camarero and Rosario Sampedro 11. Decentralised Higher Education Infrastructure in Rural Areas to Impede the Outmigration of Highly Qualified Young Women; Verena Peer 12. Gender Equality in the Regional Develpoment Discourse Only Rhetoric Modernisation? Austrian Experiences; Theresia Oedl-Wieser

"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)