Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity: Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Communities in PortugalThis book sheds light on the integration processes and identity patterns of Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European communities in Portugal. It examines the privileged position that immigrant organisations hold as interlocutors between the communities they represent and various social service mechanisms operating at national and local levels. Through the collection of ethnographic data and the realisation of 110 interviews with community insiders and middlemen, culled over a year's time, Joo Sardinha provides insight into how the three groups are perceived by their respective associations and representatives. Following up on the rich data is a discussion of strategies of coping with integration and identity in the host society and reflections on Portuguese social and community services and institutions. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
List of figures and tables | 13 |
Abbreviations | 15 |
1 Introduction | 19 |
Theoretical concepts and approaches | 31 |
3 The phenomenon of migrant associations | 65 |
4 Characteristics and consequences of immigration to Portugal | 97 |
Research design and fieldwork methodology | 129 |
Strategies for coping? | 183 |
8 The associations and Portuguese social and community services | 223 |
9 Conclusion | 267 |
Epilogue | 287 |
List of interviewees | 289 |
Notes | 295 |
Bibliography | 319 |
A typology | 145 |
Common terms and phrases
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