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- Title
INTERNAL MIGRATION PROCESSES AND EMERGING COMMUNITIES IN RURAL AREAS IN BULGARIA.
- Authors
Budjeva, Rumiana
- Abstract
Intensified internal migration processes have long depopulated the villages, overflowing the population from the village to the city. The process of depopulation of Bulgarian villages has long been speeded up and has already given its visible results. The long-term tendency of intensive depopulation of entire regions of our country has questioned the future of the Bulgarian village. The modern state of the villages in many regions is an illustration of targeted criminal plundering, the almost complete destruction of Bulgarian agriculture and the expulsion of people from their homeland, due to economic reasons. Despite this disastrous picture, there is still some optimism. The reason for this is the tendency for people (often young, highly educated and family) to leave cities and prefer the village life. This increased interest could be seen as a positive sign for the revival of the interest in the Bulgarian village. According to the experts, these migration processes are lasting and will continue in the future as the data show that the Bulgarian village is not dying but rather is being restructured. A process of formation of new communities and identities is observed. It is the result not only of modern processes in society and the economy, but also carries a characteristic of the information society and the digitalization of life. This article is an attempt to outline the emerging communities in the rural areas of the country, as our research focus is not only on the people who form them, but also on the characteristics of the new communities themselves. In this regard, once we have established on the basis of statistics that the process of migration to the villages is increasing, we can put to verification our research questions and hypothesis: What is the nature of this migration? What are the people who return to live in a village? And above all - what are the reasons and motives and reasons that make them look for the village and abandon life in the city? Our conclusions are based on National statistics institute data as well as a combination of several methods of collecting information, including: Desk research of electronic media materials, as well as a series of specially held by the author in-depth interviews. On this basis, conclusions are drawn about the characteristics of these new IT rural communities; about the motivation, attitudes, values and expectations of rural life. Thus, we could get some insight into where the potential of the village lies, which could possibly be used for its development and future.
- Subjects
INTERNAL migration; BULGARIANS; DIGITIZATION; MOTIVATION (Psychology); FARM life
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 1, p255
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article