Rural Economies in the 'Age of Migration

Perspectives from OECD Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID5697281
AuthorsRae Dufty-Jones (0000-0002-1667-331X, Western Sydney University, corresponding author), Rae Dufty‐jone
Year2014
Volume8
Issue6
Pages368-380
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gec3.12130
OpenAlexW1594578761
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited74

An important feature of globalisation processes has been the increased level of immigration. For the most part, this has been considered an urban phenomenon. As a consequence, a less well-known feature of contemporary global immigration patterns is that an increasing proportion of immigrants are now settling in rural locations. Over the last decade, however, there has been a burgeoning of research into the political-economic processes that have produced an increased level of immigration into rural regions in many OECD nation-states. This paper begins by reviewing some of the reasons why this dimension of rural demographic change has gone under the radar of both researchers and policy makers. It then examines how immigration into rural regions is both an important feature of the multifunctional rural transition and a product of the 'regionalisation' of immigration policy as a distinct regional development strategy employed regarding rural areas

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Immigration · Immigration policy · Political science · Politics · Regionalisation · Rural area · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Rural development and sustainability · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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