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.