The right to be rural

Foster, Karen R., (editor.). Jarman, Jennifer, (editor.).

Summary: "In this collection, researchers analyze rural societies, economies, and governance in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia through the lens of rights and citizenship, across such varied domains as education, employment, and health. The provocative concept of a "right to be rural" illuminates not only the challenges faced by rural communities worldwide, but also underappreciated facets of community resilience in the face of these challenges. The book's central question--"is there a right to be rural?"--offers insights into how these communities are created, maintained, and challenged. The authors illustrate that citizenship rights have a spatial character, and that this observation is critical to studying and understanding rural life in the twenty-first century. Scholars and policymakers concerned with the health and well-being of rural communities will be interested in this book." --

Record details

ISBN: 9781772125832
Physical Description: ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Edmonton, AB : University of Alberta Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Geographies of Citizenship, Equity, Opportunity, and Choice / Karen R. Foster & Jennifer Jarman -- I. The Right to Rural Education -- 2. The Right to Language in Rural Nova Scotia, Canada / Katie K. MacLeod -- 3. Experiencing an Active Citizenship: Democratic and Inclusive Practices in Three Rural Secondary Schools in Spain / Laura Domingo-Penafiel, Laura Farre-Riera & Nuria Simo-Gil -- 4. Hallway Pedagogy and Resource Loss: Countering Fake News in Rural Canadian Schools / Ario Seto -- II. The Right to Rural Livelihoods -- 5. Stemming the Tide: Youth Entrepreneurial Citizenship in Rural Nova Scotia, Canada / Gregory R. L. Hadley -- 6. Dispossession, Environmental Degradation, and the Right to Be Rural: The Case of Small-Scale Fishers in Chilika Lagoon, India / Pallavi V. Das -- III. The Right to Rural Health -- 7. Reproducing the Rural Citizen: Barriers to Rural Birthing and Maternity Care in Canada / Sarah Rudrum, Lesley Frank & Kayla McCarney -- 8. Rural Food: Rights and Remedies for Older Persons in Canada / Kathleen Kevany & Al Lauzon -- 9. The Multifaceted Sense of Belonging: Discursive Conceptions of Home by Third Age Residents in Rural Finland / Katja Rinne-Koski & Sulevi Riukulehto -- IV. The Right to Rural Representation -- 10. Citizens or Individuals? Patterns of Local Civic Engagement of Young University Graduates Living in Rural Areas in Poland / Ilona Matysiak -- 11. Beyond the “Rural Problem”: Comparing Urban and Rural Political Citizenship, Values, and Practices in Atlantic Canada / Rachel McLay & Howard Ramos -- 12. Defining Indigenous Citizenship: Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), the Right to Self-Determination, and Canadian Citizenship / Satenia Zimmermann, Sara Teitelbaum, Jennifer Jarman & M. A. (Peggy) Smith -- V. The Right to Rural Policy -- 13. Density Matters and Distance Matters: Canadian Public Policy from a Rural Perspective / Ray D. Bollman -- 14. Rural Citizenship Under the Impact of Rural Transformation: Unpacking the Role of Spatial Planning in Protecting the Right to Be Rural in Zimbabwe / Jeofrey Matai & Innocent Chirisa -- 15. The Right to Multiple Futures in the Shadow of Canada’s Smart City Movement / S. Ashleigh Weeden -- 16. “What Makes Our Land Illegal?”: Regularization and the Urbanization of Rural Land in Ethiopia / Eshetayehu Kinfu & Logan Cochrane -- VI. The Right to Rural Mobility -- 17. Exploring Rural Citizenship through Displacement: An Analysis of Citizenship in the Context of Refugee Resettlement and Integration in Rural Canada / Stacey Haugen -- 18. Local Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Exploring the Situation of Migrant Labourers and their Descendants after Land Reform in Rural Zimbabwe / Clement Chipenda & Tom Tom -- 19. Rural Redlining in the Danish Housing Market: Toward an Analytical Framework for Understanding Spatial (In)justice / Jens Kaae Fisker, Annette Aagaard Thuesen & Egon Bjornshave Noe -- 20. What’s Next for the Right to Be Rural? / Jennifer Jarman & Karen R. Foster
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic formats.