New and Old Routes of Portuguese Emigration : : Uncertain Futures at the Periphery of Europe.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Pereira, Cláudia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Azevedo, Joana.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; {copy}2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)

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.