Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.

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Autor(a) principal: Marçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto
Data de Publicação: 2008
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22343
Resumo: Mestrado em Economia e Estudos Europeus.
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spelling Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.Transnationalismdiásporassocial networkssocial capitalremittancesinvestmentMestrado em Economia e Estudos Europeus.The main objective of this dissertation is to investigate more in depth the economic aspect of transnationalism in the Portuguese community living in the United States and, through social and economic networks, their contribution to the development in their home country, Portugal. Different variables will be observed, mainly economic growth and some social, cultural and politicai dimensions related to the economy. This dissertation observes the evolution of Portuguese immigration to the U.S., as well as identifies the characteristics of the Portuguese population that might be relevant to their economic behavior. According to the most recent statistical data, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 1,176,615 persons claimed primary Portuguese ancestry for the year of 2000. The evolution of the socio-economic characteristics of the Portuguese-American population in the United States, using the U.S. census and other sources that study the depth of the problem, will be analyzed and explained. Based on the educational, economic, and politicai characteristics of the Portuguese Americans we build the hypothesis that the Portuguese persons living in the United States have structural limits hindering the increase of trade and economic agreements with the country of origin, Portugal. In fact, they show low educational attainment, work in low qualified Jobs and engage in and intra-ethnic networks instead, of integrating directly with other communities. For this reason, remittances stand as the most important transnational economic flow involving this group. However, by examining the economic networks, politicai networks, and some cultural aspects involving the Portuguese and the Americans in the United States we find that there are institutions and groups formed to lobby participation in the American politicai process, in the way in which Portuguese-Americans would be supporting issues that interest them particularly. These networks also prove that there are successful members of the Portuguese community that own businesses and are very active in developing the economic interests of Portuguese entrepreneurs living in the United States. Portuguese entrepreneurs take action and join local Chambers of Commerce to promote their business, their products, and services to the community at large, therefore integrating directly in the American society. Moreover, the younger generations already bom and/or educated in America show a better education and occupational insertion that their parents, suggesting the possibility of a more active economic role.ISEGPeixoto, João Alfredo dos ReisRepositório da Universidade de LisboaMarçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto2021-10-22T11:07:37Z2008-052008-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22343porMarçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto (2008). " Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal". Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão..info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:51:53Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22343Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:06:47.770827Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
title Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
spellingShingle Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
Marçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto
Transnationalism
diásporas
social networks
social capital
remittances
investment
title_short Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
title_full Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
title_fullStr Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
title_full_unstemmed Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
title_sort Transnationalism in the Luso-American Community: networks and economic connections between the Portuguese living in the United States and Portugal.
author Marçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto
author_facet Marçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Peixoto, João Alfredo dos Reis
Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Marçalo, Maria Carolina Barreto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Transnationalism
diásporas
social networks
social capital
remittances
investment
topic Transnationalism
diásporas
social networks
social capital
remittances
investment
description Mestrado em Economia e Estudos Europeus.
publishDate 2008
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