期刊
SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS
卷 62, 期 1, 页码 112-130出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/soru.12363
关键词
class; housing; integration; labour; migration; rural
资金
- Norwegian Research Council [261854/F10]
This article argues that low-wage migrants employed in rural areas of developed countries often face specific and precarious employment and housing situations, making integration into the local society difficult. Only by moving on from temporary and tied accommodation, can rural integration become feasible. However, even then, these workers often face limited integration and remain separate from the host society.
This article argues that many low-wage migrants moving to work in rural areas of the developed world end up in very specific and precarious employment and housing contexts: working in temporary/seasonal jobs within horticultural labour markets and often living in employer-provided tied accommodation. This context-which we profile by drawing on qualitative case study evidence from Norway, the UK and the US-makes integration virtually impossible. It is only after moving on from precarious temporary/seasonal work and out from tied accommodation that rural integration becomes viable. Yet even then, the integration of these workers is often limited. Migrants are largely 'quarantined' and separate and invisible from the host society. Not surprisingly, migrants tend to treat their lack of rural integration as 'liminal', that is, a temporary and in-between life stage. They also engage in 'transnational simultaneity' by maintaining family/communal relations back home, whilst focusing largely on work in the host country. This liminality and transnational simultaneity help working-class migrants survive their quarantined lives.
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