This book seeks to unveil a set of dynamics that view rural areas as ?translocal? in the sense that they are ?changing? and ?inter connected?. Social transformations take place in rural areas as the result of intense exchanges between different people, settings and geographies. Accordingly, rural-urban but also rural-rural interrelations on international and national scales are strongly contributing to rural change.The book is structured into two parts, which intertwine the dynamics of rural spaces. The first part, ?Linking nodes, people and networks connecting places?, is concerned with mobilities such as migration and commuting, and the establishment of national and global networks. The second part, ?international mobilities, a tension between scales?, analyses the dynamics of international migration and mobilities in rural areas.