Birgit Jentsch is Senior Researcher at the Ionad Nàiseanta na h-Imrich (National Centre for Migration Studies), Scotland. Myriam Simard is Research Professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada

List of Figures and Tables, Notes on Contributors, Acknowledgements, Series Editor's Preface, 1 Introduction: Key Issues in Contemporary Rural Immigration, 2 Taken by Surprise: New Immigrants in the Rural United States, 3 Retention and Departure Factors Influencing Highly Skilled Immigrants in Rural Areas: Medical Professionals in Quebec, Canada, 4 From Enthusiasm to Perplexity and Scepticism: International Migrants in the Rural Regions of Greece and Southern Europe, 5 Migration to Rural Ireland: A North Cork Case Study, 6 The New Scottish Rural Labour Market: Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion, 7 Immigrants and Receiving Communities in Rural Russia: Experiences from the Central European and the Far East Regions, 8 Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives on Rural Immigrants' Integration, Index

While immigrants are still predominantly choosing urban areas to locate to, there is now increasing evidence of immigration to rural areas which poses its own challenges for those relocating, from the scarcity of high quality jobs to the provision of public and private services. Addressing the shortcomings in current research, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national, comparative, global perspective. It draws lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts, including Canada, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Greece and Russia. Bringing together migration experts from a range of academic disciplines, International Migration and Rural Areas contributes to conceptual developments and also identifies policy concerns which can be pursued at national, sub-national and supra-national levels. As such, it will appeal to policy makers, as well as scholars across a range of disciplines, including geography, politics, demography, social policy, sociology and anthropology.