Table Of ContentTranslocal Ruralism
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Volume 103
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Charlotta Hedberg Renato Miguel do Carmo
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Translocal Ruralism
Mobility and Connectivity in European
Rural Spaces
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Editors
CharlottaHedberg RenatoMigueldoCarmo
StockholmUniversity InstitutoUniversitáriodeLisboa
DepartmentofHumanGeography (ISCTE-IUL)
Stockholm CentrodeInvestigaçãoeEstudos
Sweden deSociologia(CIES-IUL)
[email protected] Lisboa
Portugal
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ISSN0924-5499
ISBN978-94-007-2314-6 e-ISBN978-94-007-2315-3
DOI10.1007/978-94-007-2315-3
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Contents
1 Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity
inEuropeanRuralSpaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CharlottaHedbergandRenatoMigueldoCarmo
PartI LinkingNodes:PeopleandNetworksConnectingPlaces
2 BetweenMarginalisationandUrbanisation:Mobilities
andSocialChangeinSouthernPortugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RenatoMigueldoCarmoandSofiaSantos
3 The Ties That Bind? Spatial (Im)mobilities
andtheTransformationofRural-UrbanConnections . . . . . . . . 35
HenrikeRau
4 “The Rural” Intervening in the Lives of Internal
and International Migrants: Migrants, Biographies
andTranslocalPractices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SusanneStenbacka
5 Youth“Settled”byMobility:EthnographyofaPortugueseVillage 73
VandaAparecidadaSilva
6 Migration Dynamics in Romania and the Counter-
Urbanisation Process: A Case Study of Bucharest’s
Rural-UrbanFringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LilianaGuran-NicaandMichaelSofer
7 LocalEmbeddednessandGlobalLinksinRuralAreas:
EuclideanandRelationalSpaceinBusinessNetworks . . . . . . . 103
AlexandreDubois,AndrewCopusandMoaHedström
PartII InternationalMobilities:ATensionBetweenScales
8 WhentheWorldGoesRural:TransnationalPotentials
ofInternationalMigrationinRuralSwedishLabourMarkets . . . 125
CharlottaHedberg,GunnelForsbergandAliNajib
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9 Foreigners,Neighbours,Immigrants:TranslocalMobilities
inRuralAreasinSpain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
LuisCamarero,RosarioSampedroandJesúsOliva
10 TransnationalImmigrationinRuralGreece:Analysing
theDifferentMobilitiesofAlbanianImmigrants . . . . . . . . . . 163
ApostolosG.Papadopoulos
11 GolokaDhama:ATranslocalHareKrishnaCommunity . . . . . . 185
LouiseMeijering
12 BoundaryCrossings:Migration,Belonging/‘Un-belonging’
inRuralScotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
PhilomenadeLima
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
List of Figures
2.1 ResidentpopulationintheAlgarvebyparishin2001(INE)
andAlcoutimandSãoBrásdeAlportel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Tripstovisitfamilyandfriends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3 Tripstogotogrocerystoresor/andtothesupermarket . . . . . . . 23
2.4 Tripstoshopsandshoppingcentres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6.1 Migrationtrendsintheruralspace:grossmigrationrate
(totalinternalmigration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6.2 Migrationtrendsintheruralspace:migrationbalance . . . . . . . . 90
6.3 Migrationgrowthrate(%),1990–2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
6.4 Migrationgrowthrates(%)inBucharestmetropolitanarea,
1966–2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.5 Migrationgrowthrates(%)inBucharestmetropolitanarea,
1990–2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.6 Netmigrationrates:VoluntariandBra˘nes¸ti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.1 Patternsofnon-marketinteractioninthefivecasestudyregions . . . 114
7.2 Patternsofinteractionwithsupportinginstitutionsinthefive
casestudyregions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.1 Themigrationtransitionmodelindynamiccountrysides . . . . . . 129
8.2 Schematicmapofthecasestudyareawiththelocationsand
fakenamesofthelocalities.X=interviewedmanufacturing
firms,Y=interviewedmigrantentrepreneurs . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.1 Weightofresidentimmigrantpopulationinruralareas2008. . . . . 148
9.2 Immigrantpopulationstructures.Arrivalsbefore2005 . . . . . . . . 149
9.3 RuralimmigrantpopulationstructurefromEU-15.Arrivals
before2005,Residentsinmunicipalities<10,000inhabitants . . . . 150
9.4 Ruralimmigrantpopulationstructurefromothercountries.
Arrivalsbefore2005,Residentsinmunicipalities<10,000
inhabitants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
11.1 Goloka Dhama, main gate with temple building in the
background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
11.2 ThealtarinGolokaDhama’stemple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
11.3 HouseonthestreamonthegroundsofGolokaDhama . . . . . . . 194
11.4 GuesthouseinGolokaDhama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
11.5 GolokaDhama’srelationswithinandoutsidethecommunity . . . . 200
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List of Tables
2.1 Variation ratios of population (%) in the Algarve
bymunicipality,1981–2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2 Sociodemographic data of Alcoutim and São Brás de
Alportel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3 Variation ratio of population (%) 2001–2008 by age
andmunicipality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.4 Migratoryexperienceandmother’splaceofbirth(%oftotal
journeys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.5 Trips:visitingtofamilyorfriends(%oftotaltrips) . . . . . . . . . 22
2.6 Trips for groceries and to shops and shopping centres
(%oftotaltrips) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.7 Meansoftransporttoworkandforotherpurposes(%) . . . . . . . 24
2.8 Travelforleisureandhealthreasons(%oftotaltrips) . . . . . . . . 25
2.9 Intensityofmobilitybyageandmunicipality(no.and%
oftotal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.10 Intensityoftravelforshoppingbyageandmunicipality
(no.and%oftotal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.11 Trustinneighboursbyageandmunicipality(no.and%
oftotal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.12 Familiaritywithneighboursandbymunicipality(no.and%
oftotal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.13 Frequency of conversations with neighbours and by
municipality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1 Cost of motoring in 2010 in Ireland by taxation band
(allvaluesin C/kmdriven) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.1 Demographiccharacteristicsoftheruralpopulation . . . . . . . . . 89
6.2 Characteristicsofthemetropolitanareas(2008) . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7.1 SomebasicstatisticsfortheDERREGWP1casestudyareas . . . . 109
7.2 Classification of firms according to degree of
internationalisationofbusinessactivitiesinthefivecase
studyareas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
9.1 The10principalnationalitiesinruralareas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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9.2 Forms of co-existence amongst couples in resident
immigrantpopulationinruralareas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
9.3 Foreign population residingin rural areas (<10,000
inhabitants)–occupationbyindustry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.4 Size of municipalities of arrival and final settlement
ofimmigrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.5 Relationship between place of arrival and current place
ofresidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.6 Immigrants residing in rural areas according to initial
employmentheldinSpain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
9.7 Variationsinimmigrantoccupationalstructure(2001–2007) . . . . 156
9.8 Formsofco-existenceamongsttheforeign-bornpopulation
bysizeofhabitat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
10.1 ImmigrantswithvalidresidencepermitsinGreece,2010 . . . . . . 168
10.2 Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants by region
andmainnationalityperregion,2006–2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
11.1 DailyroutineinGolokaDhama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
