Urban migrants in rural Japan: between agency and anomie in a post-growth society

Introduction

Lifestyle migration and mobility: negotiating urban lifestyles in rural communities

The countryside between aging, lack of perspectives, and creative depopulation through the lens of female settlers

Post-growth forms of living and working: countryside as experimental ground and social imaginary

Between agency and anomie, possibility and probability: lifestyle migrants and the neo-liberal moment

Convergence of work and leisure: blessing or plight?

Liminal belonging and moratorium migration: lifestyle migrants between limbo and purpose of life

Social entrepreneurs between self-determination and structural constraints: examples from Miyagi and Tokushima prefectures

Conclusion: deconstructing Japan's rural-urban divide.

Introduction

Lifestyle migration and mobility: negotiating urban lifestyles in rural communities

The countryside between aging, lack of perspectives, and creative depopulation through the lens of female settlers

Post-growth forms of living and working: countryside as experimental ground and social imaginary

Between agency and anomie, possibility and probability: lifestyle migrants and the neo-liberal moment

Convergence of work and leisure: blessing or plight?

Liminal belonging and moratorium migration: lifestyle migrants between limbo and purpose of life

Social entrepreneurs between self-determination and structural constraints: examples from Miyagi and Tokushima prefectures

Conclusion: deconstructing Japan's rural-urban divide.