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Lifestyle Migration And Residential Tourism Represent A Major Trend In Individualized Societies Worldwide, Which Is Attracting A Rapidly Growing Interest From The Academic Community. This Volume For The First Time, Critically Analyses The Spatial, Social And Political Consequences Of Such Leisure-oriented Mobilities And Migrations. The Book Approaches The Topic From A Multidisciplinary And International Perspective, Unifying Different Branches Of Research, Such As Lifestyle Migration, Amenity Migration, Retirement Migration, And Second Home Tourism. By Covering A Variety Of Regions And Landscapes Such As Mountain And Coastal Areas, Rural And Inland Communities This Volume Productively Engages With The Formal And Analytical Variations Of The Phenomenon Resulting In An Enriching Debate At The Intersection Of Different Areas Of Research. Amongst Others, Topics Like Political Contest And Civic Participation Of Lifestyle Migrants, Their Impacts On Local Communities, Social Tensions And Inequalities Induced By The Phenomenon, As Well As Modes Of Transnational Living, Home And Belonging Will Be Thoroughly Explored. This Thought Provoking Volume Will Provide Deep Analytical And Conceptual Insights Into The Contested Geographies Of Lifestyle Migration And Further Knowledge Into The Spatial, Social And Political Consequences Of Leisure-oriented Mobilities. It Will Be Valuable Reading For Students, Researchers And Academics From A Plethora Of Academic Disciplines-- 1 Contested Spatialities Of Lifestyle Migration: Approaches And Research Questions; Part I Conflicts And Frictions In Paradise; 2 The Gendered Spatialities Of Lifestyle Migration; 3 Marrakesh Medina: Neocolonial Paradise Of Lifestyle Migrants?; 4 Territorial Dispossession And Indigenous Rearticulation In Thechapala Lakeshore; 5 Lifestyle Migrants In Spain: Contested Realities Of Political Participation. Part Ii Conceptual Perspectives On Lifestyle Migration And Residential Tourism6 Lifestyle Migrants, The Linguistic Landscape And The Politics Of Place; 7 Utopian Lifestyle Migrants In Pucón, Chile: Innovating Social Life And Challenging Capitalism; 8 Quest Migrants: French People In Morocco Searching For 'elsewhereness'; 9 Second Home Expansion In Portugal: Spatial Features And Impacts; Part Iii Emerging Geographies Of Lifestyle Migration And Residential Tourism; 10 Contested Realities And Economic Circumstances: British Later-lifemigrants In Malaysia. 11 Russian Second Home Owners In Eastern Finland: Involvement In The Local Community; 12 Lifestyle Migrants In Central Portugal: Strategies Of Settlement And Socialisation; 13 'living Apart Together' In Franschhoek, South Africa: The Implications Of Second-home Development For Equitable And Sustainable Development; Part Iv Epilogue; 14 Final Reflections And Future Research Agendas; Index. Edited By Michael Janoschka And Heiko Haas. Includes Bibliographical Reference And Index.