Pehkonen, A: The Call of the Village...

This research describes and analyzes social inclusion and exclusion processes.Why did people move the countryside and how well did their in- migration processes succeed in the 1990s? Which factors must be fulfilled regarding the social networks and participation of a person moving into a village community to produce a positive outcome of migration process and which factors would result in a negative outcome?The theory of Social Capital, which focuses on a community s and individual s characteristics,is used to describe how entering a community and exclusion from it are multi-phased chains of events.There are three distinct motivators for the in-migration:buying a single- family house and a close relationship to nature,and unemployment and insurmountable debt.Satisfaction in their new home village was guaranteed in cases where the migration was voluntary,the migrants lived in a single-family house, were financially secure and had good social relations to their neighbors. The attainment of good standing in the village community was furthered by the migrant s good reputation,easy interaction and participation in the village s life.