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At a time when European unity is politically challenged by the
question of immigration and integration, it is easy to overlook the
fact that there are significant numbers of Europeans leaving the
continent. Academically, little is known about why Europeans leave
the continent, how they chose their destination, and how they
experience their migrant life. Drawing on the lived experiences of
contemporary European emigrants from a range of different
countries, this book sheds light on how global economic, political
and social transformations spur new forms of migration and mobility
experiences. Contemporary European Emigration explores how
Europeans experience economic, cultural or social integration, and
the power relations which play out between them and their hosts. By
delving through the lenses of national and racial identity, gender,
age, and profession, this book provides enticing insights into how
Europeans see themselves in the world. By shifting our focus to
migrants leaving Europe and observing the emerging challenges to
European superiority as they play out in the microlevel of people's
everyday lives, this book provides a nuanced understanding of
contemporary migration. Researchers within Migration Studies and
European Studies will find this book an important addition to the
literature.
At a time when European unity is politically challenged by the
question of immigration and integration, it is easy to overlook the
fact that there are significant numbers of Europeans leaving the
continent. Academically, little is known about why Europeans leave
the continent, how they chose their destination, and how they
experience their migrant life. Drawing on the lived experiences of
contemporary European emigrants from a range of different
countries, this book sheds light on how global economic, political
and social transformations spur new forms of migration and mobility
experiences. Contemporary European Emigration explores how
Europeans experience economic, cultural or social integration, and
the power relations which play out between them and their hosts. By
delving through the lenses of national and racial identity, gender,
age, and profession, this book provides enticing insights into how
Europeans see themselves in the world. By shifting our focus to
migrants leaving Europe and observing the emerging challenges to
European superiority as they play out in the microlevel of people's
everyday lives, this book provides a nuanced understanding of
contemporary migration. Researchers within Migration Studies and
European Studies will find this book an important addition to the
literature.
Grounded in extensive and original ethnographic fieldwork, this
book makes a novel contribution to migration studies by examining a
European labour migration to the Global South, namely contemporary
Portuguese migration to Angola in a postcolonial context. In doing
so, it explores everyday encounters at work between the Portuguese
migrants and their Angolan "hosts", and it analyses how the
Luso-African postcolonial heritage interplays with the recent
Portuguese-Angolan migration in the (re-)construction of power
relations and identities. Based on ethnographic interviews, the
book describes the Angolan-Portuguese relationship as characterized
not only by hierarchies of power, but also by ambivalence and
hybridity. This research demonstrates that the identities of the
ex-colonized Angolan and the Portuguese ex-colonizer are shaped by
a history of unequal and violent power relations. Further, it
reveals how this history has produced a sense of intimacy between
the two, and the often fraught nature of this relationship.
Combining a strong connection to the field of migration studies
with a postcolonial perspective, this original work will appeal to
students and scholars of migration, postcolonial studies, the
sociology of work and African Studies.
Grounded in extensive and original ethnographic fieldwork, this
book makes a novel contribution to migration studies by examining a
European labour migration to the Global South, namely contemporary
Portuguese migration to Angola in a postcolonial context. In doing
so, it explores everyday encounters at work between the Portuguese
migrants and their Angolan "hosts", and it analyses how the
Luso-African postcolonial heritage interplays with the recent
Portuguese-Angolan migration in the (re-)construction of power
relations and identities. Based on ethnographic interviews, the
book describes the Angolan-Portuguese relationship as characterized
not only by hierarchies of power, but also by ambivalence and
hybridity. This research demonstrates that the identities of the
ex-colonized Angolan and the Portuguese ex-colonizer are shaped by
a history of unequal and violent power relations. Further, it
reveals how this history has produced a sense of intimacy between
the two, and the often fraught nature of this relationship.
Combining a strong connection to the field of migration studies
with a postcolonial perspective, this original work will appeal to
students and scholars of migration, postcolonial studies, the
sociology of work and African Studies.
Many African migrants residing abroad nurture a hope to one day
return, at least temporarily, to their home country. In the wake of
economic crises in the developed world, alongside rapid economic
growth in parts of Africa, the impetus to 'return' is likely to
increase. Such returnees are often portrayed as agents of
development, bringing with them capital, knowledge and skills as
well as connections and experience gained abroad. Yet, the reality
is altogether more complex. In this much-needed volume, based on
extensive original fieldwork, the authors reveal that there is all
too often a gaping divide between abstract policy assumptions and
migrants' actual practices. In contrast to the prevailing optimism
of policies on migration and development, Africa's Return Migrants
demonstrates that the capital obtained abroad is not always
advantageous and that it can even hamper successful
entrepreneurship and other forms of economic, political and social
engagement.
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