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Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity: Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Communities in Portugal
Author(s): João Sardinha (Author)
- Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date: December 3, 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 340 pages
- ISBN-10: 9089640363
- ISBN-13: 9789089640369
Book Description
This 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, João 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the role immigrant associations play in migrant integration processes and identity formation. João Sardinha provides rich new empirical evidence on Portuguese immigrant communities spanning three continents.” –Maria Lucinda Fonseca, Director and Senior Researcher Centro de Estudos Geográficos, University of Lisbon “A rich blend of theoretical insight and extensive field research, this book by João Sardinha shows that immigrant associations both foster ethnic identity and act as a channel for integration to the Portuguese host society.” — Russell King, Professor of Geography, University of Sussex and Editor, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
About the Author
João Sardinha is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) at the University of Coimbra.
