New and Old Routes of Portuguese Emigration : Uncertain Futures at the Periphery of Europe.
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Table of Contents:
- New and Old Routes of Portuguese Emigration
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Contributors
- Editors
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Chapter 1: The Fourth Wave of Portuguese Emigration: Austerity Policies, European Peripheries and Postcolonial Continuities
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 The Historical Waves of Portuguese Emigration
- 1.3 The Fourth Wave of Portuguese Emigration
- 1.3.1 The Economic-Financial Crisis of 2008 and Austerity Policies
- 1.3.2 South-North Emigration in Europe
- 1.3.3 Reassessment of the "South European Model" of Migration for the Portuguese Case
- 1.3.4 North-Global South Emigration
- 1.4 Highly-Skilled and Less Skilled Migration Along New and Old Routes of Portuguese Emigration
- 1.5 What This Book Is about
- References
- Part I: New Patterns of Portuguese Emigration: A Broad Perspective
- Chapter 2: Portuguese Emigration Today
- 2.1 A European Question
- 2.2 Recession and Migration
- 2.3 International Comparisons
- 2.4 Migrations, Demography and Public Policies
- References
- Chapter 3: New Emigration and Portuguese Society: Transnationalism and Return
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Transnationalism and Return: Conceptual Remarks and Approaches to Portuguese Emigration
- 3.3 Transnational Links of Recent Portuguese Emigrants
- 3.3.1 Methodology
- 3.3.2 Links with Portugal
- 3.3.3 Future Plans
- 3.4 Return Migration: The Other Face of Emigrants' Circulation
- 3.4.1 Methodology
- 3.4.2 Destination Country and Return
- 3.4.3 Return and Life Cycle
- 3.4.3.1 Returnees of Working Age
- 3.4.3.2 Returnees of Retirement Age
- 3.4.4 Typology of Return Flows
- 3.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Portuguese Emigrants' Political Representation: The Challenges of the External Vote
- 4.1 Introduction.
- 4.2 The External Vote in Theory: Electoral Laws and Procedures
- 4.3 The Adoption of the External Vote in Portugal
- 4.4 Evaluating the External Vote in Portugal
- 4.5 Improving External Voting: The Recent Debate
- 4.6 Conclusions
- References
- Part II: The Labour Market and Portuguese Emigration: Highly Skilled and Less Skilled Migrants
- Chapter 5: A New Skilled Emigration Dynamic: Portuguese Nurses and Recruitment in the Southern European Periphery
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Recruitment and Economic Austerity in the Southern Periphery of Europe
- 5.3 Theoretical Framework
- 5.4 Mixed Methodologies
- 5.5 The Numbers. Emigration of Portuguese Nurses and Countries Chosen
- 5.5.1 Increased Emigration of Portuguese Nurses Compared With Spanish and Italian Nurses
- 5.6 The Decision to Leave the Country. "At the Recruitment Company I Had Been Selected Even Before I Had Finished My Course"
- 5.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Migrating to Complete Transitions: A Study of High-Skilled Youth Migration to France
- 6.1 Why This Research?
- 6.2 Methodology
- 6.3 Socio-Demographic Profiles and Reasons for Migrating from Portugal to France
- 6.3.1 Young, Female, Single: A New Emigration Profile
- 6.3.2 Crisis, the Major Trigger
- 6.3.3 Obstacles to Education and Social Mobility
- 6.3.4 Employment
- 6.3.5 Reasons for Leaving Portugal
- 6.4 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Websites
- Chapter 7: 'Pulled' or 'Pushed'? The Emigration of Portuguese Scientists
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 International Scientific Mobility
- 7.3 Scientific Mobility Trends in Portugal
- 7.4 Pull and Push Factors
- 7.5 Return Mobility
- 7.6 New Exit?
- 7.7 Current Trends
- 7.8 Final Remarks
- References
- Chapter 8: Working Class Condition and Migrant Experience: The Case of Portuguese Construction Workers
- 8.1 Introduction.
- 8.2 A Brief Note on Method
- 8.3 Living In-Between: Social and Symbolic Divisions and Everyday Life Among Portuguese Construction Workers in Spain
- 8.3.1 Economic Crisis and Working-Class Migration in Northwest Portugal
- 8.3.2 Social and Symbolic Divisions and Everyday Life Among Portuguese Construction Workers in Spain
- 8.4 Facing the "Crisis in Spain"
- 8.5 "Old Emigrants, New Emigrants": The Reconfiguration of Work-Related Mobility and Portuguese Working-Class Migrants' Experience in France
- 8.5.1 The European Construction Field and the Reconfiguration of Work-Related Mobilities
- 8.5.2 From "Double-Pole Communities" to "Double-Pole De-structuring"?
- References
- Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship Among Portuguese Nationals in Luxembourg
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 The Portuguese in Luxembourg
- 9.3 Portuguese Nationals' Entrepreneurship in Luxembourg
- 9.3.1 Characterization of Respondents
- 9.3.2 Entrepreneurial Activity
- 9.3.3 Key Factors in Entrepreneurship Development: Push and Pull Factors
- 9.3.4 Difficulties in Establishing and Conducting the Independent Business Activity
- 9.3.5 Construction and Maintenance of External Economic Relations by Portuguese Entrepreneurs Abroad
- 9.4 Final Comments
- References
- Part III: Portuguese Emigrants: Postcolonial Continuities
- Chapter 10: Contemporary Portuguese Migration Experiences in Brazil: Old Routes, New Trends
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Portuguese Emigration: Waves and Numbers
- 10.3 Portuguese Emigration to Rio and São Paulo
- 10.4 Who Are They?
- 10.5 Life Projects
- 10.6 Lifestyles and Leisure Activities
- 10.7 Final Remarks
- References
- Chapter 11: Portuguese Emigration to Angola (2000-2015): Strengthening a Specific Postcolonial Relationship in a New Global Framework?
- 11.1 Empirical and Theoretical Background.
- 11.1.1 Historical Relations and Migrations Between Portugal and Angola
- 11.1.2 Political, Social, Demographic and Economic Aspects
- 11.1.3 Portuguese Emigration to Angola: An Introduction to Factors of Attraction
- 11.1.4 Theoretical Challenges to Portuguese Emigration to Angola
- 11.2 Portuguese Emigration to Angola in the Statistics
- 11.3 Current Portuguese Emigration to Angola - Processes and Characteristics
- 11.4 Macroeconomic Dynamics and Emigration to Angola
- 11.4.1 The Profile of Portuguese Emigrants in Angola
- 11.4.1.1 Socio-Demographic Profile
- 11.4.1.2 Schooling
- 11.4.1.3 Migration Strategy
- 11.4.1.4 Reasons for Leaving Portugal
- 11.4.1.5 Time Spent Looking for a Job
- 11.4.1.6 Emigration Experience
- 11.4.2 North-South Post-Colonial Emigration - With Past Reminiscences?
- 11.4.3 "Weak Integration" and Strong Ties with Portugal
- 11.4.3.1 Remittances (Financial Transnationalism)
- 11.4.4 Home Visits (Social Transnationalism)
- 11.4.4.1 Strategies for Family Reunification
- 11.5 Concluding Remarks and Questions to Explore
- References
- Part IV: Portuguese Emigrants: Identities
- Chapter 12: "I Was Enthused When I 'Returned' to Portugal, But I'm Leaving Disillusioned": Portuguese Migrant Descendant Returnees from Canada and Narratives of Return, Re-return and Twice Migration
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Methodological Considerations
- 12.3 The Lead-Up to the Crisis
- 12.4 Re-returning/Twice Migrating: Transnational Networks and Reasons for Mobility
- 12.5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Chapter 13: An Immigrant in America Yes, But Not an Emigrant in My Own Country! The Unbearable Weight of a Persistent Label
- 13.1 Surprised by an Unexpected Category…
- 13.2 Ambivalences and Stigmatizations
- 13.3 My Whole Life Is Here: Belonging to a Portuguese-American Home
- 13.4 Final Remarks
- References.
- Part V: Final Reflections
- Chapter 14: New Migration Dynamics on the South-Western Periphery of Europe: Theoretical Reflections on the Portuguese Case
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 On Cores and (Semi-)Peripheries: A Portuguese Perspective on the Southern European Migration Model
- 14.3 Portugal as a Migration Semi-periphery
- 14.4 Highlights of the Book
- 14.5 Four Topics on Which More Could Have Been Said
- References.