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Permanently Provisional: History, Facts & Figures of Portuguese Immigration in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Afonso Alexandre
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00636.x
Subject(s) - portuguese , immigration , ideology , population , politics , composition (language) , demographic economics , sociology , political science , economy , economic geography , development economics , economic history , geography , demography , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics
This article provides an overview of the main demographic, social, and economic characteristics of Portuguese immigration in Switzerland. Firstly, it outlines the political and economic underpinnings of Portuguese migration flows to Switzerland. Then, it analyzes the demographic and sociological composition of these flows, the composition of the Portuguese population in Switzerland, as well as processes of economic and cultural integration. It is notably argued that the enduring Portuguese “ideology of return migration” has played a central role in the patterns of integration of Portuguese immigrants in Switzerland.