Globalisation in Swedish rural areas: organisation of adult education and transitions to work for immigrants in times of depopulation

This article focuses on how local institutions in three rural areas Sweden organised education and work to assist adult immigrants’ integration. We particularly analyse officials educational institutions, employment offices governments attempted support education-to-work transitions, using a theoretical framework rooted the ecology of equity concepts. The results show that national policy is oriented towards have larger populations than most areas. However, flexible solutions such as finding suitable workplace placements specific transitions integration are sometimes easier with closer interactions.