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Ahmad, Farhan. "Male immigrants’ fertility in Spain." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-64880.
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Declining fertility in developed countries along with rising number of immigrants and different fertility behavior exhibited by the immigrants make the immigrants’ fertility an interesting topic in field of demography. However most of the studies on immigrants’ fertility consider the female immigrants as their subject on the assumption that they represent the immigrants’ fertility. This study took another perspective and tries to study male immigrants’ fertility. Spanish Immigrants’ Survey 2007 was used to see how the different migration related factors affect the male immigrants’ fertility. Poisson regression was applied on a sample of 3797 childless males who are 16 or older. This study found tentative support to selection hypothesis but no clear support to adaptation hypothesis on male fertility behaviors. There exist differences in the fertility between male immigrants from different regions. Effect of education, number of parent’s siblings and mother language on male immigrants’ fertility was also analyzed.
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Varela-Lago, Ana Maria. "Conquerors, immigrants, exiles the Spanish diaspora in the United States (1848-1948) /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3296804.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Mar. 24, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-321).
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Shannon, Deric M. "Current anti-Americanism : the experiences of American immigrants in Madrid, Spain." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292990.
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This study combines participant observation with intensive, semi-formal interviews to explore anti-Americanism in Madrid, Spain. It focuses on the experiences of the researcher and American respondents living in Spain. First, a broad typology of the anti-Americanism found in the study is constructed. This typology, reflecting the most commonly occurring types found in the study, consists of academic, structural, and nationalistic anti-Americanism. Next, the substantive areas of Bush's war in Iraq, political ideology, and Mead's concept of the Other are discussed in relation to current anti-Americanism in Madrid. Lastly, conclusions and suggestions for further research are discussed.Department of Sociology
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Vives, Gonzalez Celia. "Argentineans in Spain : immigrants or returnees? Institutional versus popular interpretations." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32134.
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Since 1985, the phenomenon of immigration in Spain has emerged as a social concern, a keystone in national politics, and a topic in need of further research. This thesis aims to build on the existing work by exploring how two processes, the growth and increasing diversity of the immigrant population in Spain and the Europeanization of the country's immigration law, have impacted the legal integration of the Latin American immigrant community since the mid 1980s. Focusing on the case of Argentinean immigrants, I use a variety of methods to discuss the profile and evolution of this community in the context of the broader general and Latin American immigrations in Spain. This includes an analysis of the changes in immigration and citizenship legislation since 1985, paying special attention to those that have impacted Argentinean immigrants; an exploration of the representation of Argentineans in popular discourse; and a discussion of the ways in which these immigrants see themselves as insiders / outsiders within the Spanish nation-state. I conclude that there are two conflicting interpretations of Argentinean immigration in Spain. The first and most prevalent is the representation of the Argentinean immigrant as a returnee. This representation emerges strongly in popular discourse, immigrants' claims of belonging to the nation-state, and citizenship legislation; it is a legacy of both Spanish colonialism and emigration of Spaniards to Argentina in the past. The second is the representation of the Argentinean as an economic immigrant, which emerged in the 2000 immigration law. Argentineans are trapped in the contradictions and tensions between these two representations, but far from being passive recipients of the definitions and categories that the state imposes on them, there is evidence that they organize, accept, resist, or manipulate public discourses in their search to find a place for themselves in Spanish society. This thesis supports the status of public policy on immigration and citizenship as a boundary-marker for the national community, and calls for a greater attention to non-governmental actors in the institutionalization of immigration as an object of such public policy.Arts, Faculty of
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O'Reilly, Karen. "British on the Costa del Sol : colonials or immigrants? residents or tourists?" Thesis, University of Essex, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336886.
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Ajanaku, Akinwale Oluremilekun. "Spain’s Immigrants’ Integration Policy Strategy - National Approach Model." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21356.
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This paper analyzes the Spain’s immigrants’ integration policy with the aim to reveal Spain’s national approach model using path dependence as a theory to search for the consistent and stable constraining or motivating ideas that dictate the direction of Spain’s immigrants’ integration policy. This paper finds out that the public philosophy of Spain is premised on historical ties, the interest is motivated by shared culture and the problem definition is framed based on the country of origin of the immigrants. However, these ideas make Spain’s immigrants’ policy to be restrictive or liberal to some group of immigrants depending on their country of origin. Immigrants from Third country nationals consisting of Latin- America, Andorra, the Philippines, Guinea Equatorial, Portugal and the Sephardic Jews who have had historical experience acquire Spanish Nationality faster than the other immigrants from third country nationals composed mainly of Morocco, Africa and Asia because of the way laws regulating immigrants acquisition of Spanish nationality is designed.
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Carrasco, José Ignacio. "Economic integration and ties to origin as determinants of migrant remittances among Senegalese immigrants in Spain: a longitudinal approach." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-115844.
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Background: The increased amount and diversification of migration flows to Europe are shaping new contexts forthe study of determinants of remittance-sending. Senegalese migration in Spain is one important case,because has increased its presence among other groups in the country and has different characteristics(e.g. younger age structure) compared to Senegalese migrants in Europe. This paper addresses aresearch challenge which can be framed in the three following aspects. First, it analyzes the migrant’sremittance behavior of a particular group of migrants in a specific national context. Second, itacknowledges remittances as transnational practices determined by factors related to incorporationinto host society and ties at origin. Thirdly, the paper provides a longitudinal approach which looks atmigration histories and changes in remittance-sending over time. Objective: The main objective of this paper consists on disentangling the way in which migrant’s remittancebehavior is affected by changes, over time, in individual characteristics (e.g. gender, education),economic integration, (e.g. employment status), and their ties at origin (e.g. family reunification).Thus, there are two research questions to be answered, namely: how are the trajectories of migrantremittances deployed since their arrival into Europe? And, how are these trajectories affected byindividual and family characteristics, as well as economic integration over time? Methodology: The paper is based on retrospective data from the Migration between Africa and Europe (MAFE) andthe Migrations Between Senegal and Spain (MESE) projects. The analysis of determinants ofremittance-sending is divided in two parts. First, a multivariate logistic regression which analyzes theodds of sending remittances (or logit) at any year since arrival into Europe is carried out. Secondly,event history analysis is used to explore the risk of initiating remittance-sending for the first time andthe risk of remittance-sending termination, respectively. In particular, a discrete-time logistic model isperformed to analyze these two processes. Results: Results indicate that despite having arrived relatively recently to Europe, lower educationalattainments and less access to the labour market, compared to other important destinations (e.g.France, Italy), the great majority of Senegalese migrants in Spain start sending remittances duringtheir first years of arrival. Once initiated, international money transfers are kept over time, as morethan two thirds of remitters maintain this economic flow over their stay. In this sense, empiricalevidence of this paper confirms remittances as an important aspect in South-North migration flows,both in terms of the proportion of migrants sending remittances and as a sustained transnationaleconomic practice.
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Djilali, Beloufa Kouider. "Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain) : towards a new migration and labour model?" Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.591064.
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During the last two decades, one of the most important changes in the geography of Algerian migration has been its gradual spread to some "new" contexts, that can be located differently in a spectrum of various characteristics, such as geographical location, historical-cultural links, existence of networks, and profiles of Algerian migrants, among others. In this qualitative research, two purposefully-selected samples of Algerian male and female migrants in London and Valencia were interviewed, as well as some key informants from several organisations, in addition to participant observation in different migrant settings. This led to the comparison of two context-related cases of migration in order to respond mainly four questions, viz, the reasons for Algerian migration to the VK and Spain as relatively different and new host countries, patterns of insertion as well as mobility within the local labour markets, the differences between the UK and Spain in terms of providing opportunities for social mobility versus entrapment, and the role of changing networks in influencing Algerian migration to the UK and Spain. While this research corroborates the inadequacy of a "grand theory" of migration, it confirms the suitability of a "multi•level theory" (Castles and Miller, 2003) that combines human agency and structural factors. The in-depth interviews in use favoured a downright consideration of the system "émigré-immigre" (Sayad, 1997), as well as the active role of migrants in shaping their lives before, during and after migration. There was a wide diversity of motives for migration and various patterns of insertion and mobility within the labour market, as well as outcomes for migrant workers. The networks of relatives, friends and institutions, as well as smugglers, were crucial in either the initiation of migration or the accommodation of migrants into the receiving areas. A gender-related approach was adopted as to bring to light the differences and similarities in migration between Algerian females and males, and to enhance the growing role of the former in Algerian migration.
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Yusseff-Vanegas, Nahyma. "Integration Policies and Real Integration : A study of Moroccan immigrants in the Valencian Community in Spain." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98094.
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The research on the integration of immigrants has become important during the last decades and the ways of measuring the integration of immigrants became more specific and specialized. In this study, the integration of Moroccan immigrants in the Valencian Autonomous Community of Spain was selected, considering that it is one of the most numerous foreign conglomerates and the one that contribute most to the economy of the Valencian Community. The study aims to investigate whether Moroccan immigrants are integrated into the Valencian Community and what is the role of government integration plans to achieve this integration. This study was divided into two stages, first, an analysis of the plans to know the rights and guarantees of Moroccan immigrants in the Valencian Community and second, a field study where Moroccan immigrants were interviewed to know their level of interaction with the host society. The study takes the Spencer and Charsley Domain Model, to analyze the integration processes of Moroccan immigrants through different domains, such as social, structural, cultural, civic, or in relation to identity. During fieldwork, interviews were conducted using specific measurement indicators, such as the level of participation in the labor market, access to training and education, the level of social interaction with the community, the change of values or in their lifestyle and the sense of belonging to the host country, among others. Also, the gender and age of the immigrants were considered. The study concludes that the integration plans have an important role in the integration process by providing an equal opportunity base for immigrants. However, Moroccan immigrants, have weak ties at a cultural and social level with Spain, despite expressing their willingness to stay in Spain.La investigación sobre la integración de los inmigrantes ha cobrado importancia durante las últimas décadas. A su vez las formas de medir la integración de los inmigrantes se han vuelto más específicas y especializadas. En este estudio se seleccionó la integración de inmigrantes marroquíes en la Comunidad Valenciana de España, considerando que es uno de los conglomerados extranjeros más numerosos y el que mas aporta a la economía de dicha comunidad.Este estudio tiene como objetivo investigar si los inmigrantes marroquíes están integrados en la Comunidad Valenciana y cuál es el rol de los planes de integración gubernamentales en esa integración. La investigación se dividió en dos etapas, en primer lugar, un análisis de los planes para conocer los derechos y garantías de los inmigrantes marroquíes en la Comunidad Valenciana, y en segundo lugar, un estudio de campo donde se entrevistó a los inmigrantes marroquíes para conocer su nivel de interacción con la sociedad de acogida.El estudio toma el Modelo de Dominio de Spencer y Charsley, para analizar los procesos de integración de los inmigrantes marroquíes a través de diferentes dominios como el social, estructural, cultural, el cívico y en lo concerniente a su identidad. Durante el trabajo de campo se realizaron entrevistas utilizando indicadores de medición específicos, tales como el nivel de participación en el mercado laboral, el acceso a la formación y educación, el nivel de interacción social con la comunidad, el cambio en sus valores o en su estilo de vida y el sentido de pertenencia con el país anfitrión. Además, se consideró el género y la edad de los inmigrantes entre otros factores.El estudio concluye que los planes de integración tienen un papel importante en el proceso de integración al brindar una base de igualdad de oportunidades para los inmigrantes. Sin embargo, los inmigrantes marroquíes, tienen lazos débiles a nivel cultural y social con España a pesar de manifestar su voluntad de permanecer en el país.
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Font, Corominas Ariadna. "Riscos psicosocials i la salut mental en treballadors immigrants a Espanya." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/83456.
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Objectius: Analitzar l’exposició a riscos psicosocials dels
treballadors assalariats immigrants a Espanya comparant-la amb la
dels espanyols i estudiar el paper dels riscos psicosocials en la
relació entre la immigració i la salut mental.
Mètodes: Estudi transversal realitzat per l’Institut Sindical de
Treball, Ambient i Salut (ISTAS) entre el 2004 i el 2005 sobre una
mostra representativa de població assalariada resident a Espanya.
La informació s’obtingué a través d’un qüestionari estandarditzat
administrat per entrevistador a domicili. La grandària de la mostra
d’estudi fou de 7.555 treballadors, dels quals 6.868 eren espanyols i
687 eren immigrants. Per les exigències i la inseguretat, l’exposició
es va definir segons el tercil més alt, mentre que per les altres
dimensions, va ser definida segons el tercil més baix. La salut
mental es dicotomitzà en bona i dolenta segons la mediana, que fou
76.
Principals resultats: Els treballadors que estaven més exposats als
riscos psicosocials van ser els immigrants manuals, especialment,
en les baixes possibilitats de desenvolupament (PR: 2,87; IC95%:
2,44-3,73), i les dones immigrants, particularment en el baix control
sobre els temps a disposició (PR: 1,72; IC95%: 1,55-1,91). Els
treballadors immigrants amb elevades exigències quantitatives (PR:
1,46; IC95%: 1,34-1,59), elevades exigències emocionals (PR: 1,42;
IC95%: 1,30-1,56), elevades exigències d’amagar emocions
(PR:1,35; IC95%: 1,21-1,50), baixes possibilitats de
desenvolupament (PR: 1,21; IC95%: 1,09-1,33), baixos nivells de
suport social entre companys (PR: 1,41; IC95%: 1,30-1,53) i baixa
estima (PR: 1,53; IC95%: 1,42-1,66) eren els treballadors que
percebien pitjor salut mental.
Conclusions: Els treballadors immigrants, especialment, els
manuals i les dones, eren els més exposats a riscos psicosocials. Els
treballadors més exposats als riscos psicosocials eren els que
percebien pitjor salut mental. Per a millorar la salut mental dels
treballadors, és necessari implementar mesures preventives per tal
d’eradicar els riscos psicosocials, especialment dels grups més
vulnerables.Objetivos: Analizar la exposición a riesgos psicosociales de los trabajadores asalariados inmigrantes en España comparandola con la de los españoles y estudiar el papel de los riesgos psicosociales en la relación entre la inmigración y la salud mental. Métodos: Estudio transversal realizado por el Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambiente y Salud (ISTAS) entre el 2004 y el 2005 sobre una muestra representativa de población asalariada residente en España. La información se obtuvo a través de un cuestionario estandardizado administrado por entrevistador en domicilio. El tamaño de la muestra de estudio fue de 7.555 trabajadores, de los cuales 6.868 eran españoles y 687 eran inmigrantes. Por las exigéncias y la inseguridad, la exposición se definió según el tercil màs alto, mientras que por las otras dimensiones, fue definida según el tercil más bajo. La salud mental se dicotomizó en buena y mala según la mediana, que fue 76. Principales resultados: Los trabajadores que estaban más expuestos a los riesgos psicosociales fueron los inmigrantes manuales, especialmente, en las bajas posibilidades de desarrollo (PR: 2,87; IC95%: 2,44-3,73), y las mujeres inmigrantes, particularmente en el bajo control sobre los tiempos a disposición (PR: 1,72; IC95%: 1,55-1,91). Los trabajadores inmigrantes con altas exigéncias cuantitativas (PR: 1,46; IC95%: 1,34-1,59), altas exigéncias emocionales (PR: 1,42; IC95%: 1,30-1,56), altas exigéncias de esconder emociones (PR: 1,35; IC95%: 1,21-1,50), bajas posibilidades de desarrollo (PR: 1,21; IC95%: 1,09-1,33), bajos niveles de apoyo social entre compañeros (PR: 1,41; IC95%: 1,30-1,53) y baja estima (PR: 1,53; IC95%: 1,42-1,66) fueron los trabajadores que percibieron peor salud mental. Conclusiones: Los trabajadores inmigrantes, especialmente, los manuales y las mujeres, eran los más expuestos a riesgos psicosociaels. Los trabajadores más expuestos a riesgos psicosociales eran los que percibieron peor salud mental. Para mejorar la salud mental de los trabajadores, es necesario implementar medidas preventivas para erradicar los riesgos psicosociales, especialmente de los grupos más vulnerables.
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Villarroel, Williams Nazmy Katherine 1978. "Immigration and health : heterogenous patterns in Spain." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/309297.
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Objective: To compare health status (sub-study 1), sleep health (sub-study 2) and
health care use (sub-study 3) between the Spanish population and immigrants from the
seven leading countries in terms of number of immigrants; to examine whether
differences are accounted for by socio-economic characteristics, and to determine
whether the patterns of associations differ by gender.
Methods: Cross-sectional study using data from the 2006 Spanish National Health
Survey (n=29,476). A sample of individuals from Spain and the seven countries with
most immigrants in Spain (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Romania and
Morocco) was selected. For the first sub-study those aged 20-64 years (n=20,731) were
elected and for second and third sub-studies individuals aged 16-64 years (n=22,224).
Main results: In both sexes, people from Bolivia had poorer health outcomes, above all
Bolivian males (fully adjusted ORs = 4.84, 95% CI= 2.47-9.48 for self-perceived health
status and 8.81 95% CI= 4.41-17.62). Conversely, people from Argentina and Colombia
had the best health outcomes, in some cases better than Spanish people. Regarding
insomnia symptoms and non-restorative sleep (NRS), in both sexes, people from
Bolivia had a higher prevalence of insomnia symptoms and NRS. Conversely, people
from Ecuador, Morocco and Romania had less insomnia symptoms and NRS than
Spaniards. No differences were found between Spaniards and Colombians, Peruvians
and most Argentineans. Regarding health care use, Romanian men were less likely to
use health care at all levels. Women from Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador reported a
lower use of primary health care, whereas Peruvian women had a higher use than
Spanish women. Among females, there were no differences in emergency visits or
hospitalizations. Bolivian men reported higher hospitalization rates, Ecuadorians had
lower hospitalization and Argentinean men reported more emergency visits.
Conclusions: In Spain there is heterogeneity in the relationship between immigration
and health, sleep quality and health care use in Spain, which depends on the specific
country of birth and gender.Objetivo: Comparar el estado de salud (subestudio 1), la salud del sueño (subestudio 2) y el uso de servicios sanitarios (subestudio 3) entre la población nacida en España y población inmigrante procedente de los siete países que aportaban mayor número de inmigrantes; examinar si las diferencias se explican por las características socioeconómicas y determinar si los patrones de asociación difieren por género. Métodos: Estudio transversal con datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud de 2006 (n=29.476). Se seleccionaron las personas nacidas en España y las nacidas en los siete países con mayor número de inmigrantes en España (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Rumania y Marruecos). Para el primer subestudio se selecionaron personas de 20 a 64 años (n=20731) y para el segundo y tercer sub-estudio los individuos de 16 a 64 años (n = 22.224). Resultados principales: En ambos sexos, las personas de Bolivia tuvieron peores resultados de salud, sobre todo los hombres de Bolivia (OR ajustado plenamente = 4,84, IC = 2,47-9,48 95% para el estado de salud percibido y 8,81 IC = 4,41-17,62 95%). Por el contrario, las personas de Argentina y Colombia tuvieron los mejores resultados en salud, en algunos casos mejor que los españoles. En cuanto a los síntomas de insomnio y sueño no reparador, en ambos sexos, la gente de Bolivia tenía una mayor prevalencia de síntomas de insomnio y sueño no reparador. Por el contrario, la gente de Ecuador, Marruecos y Rumanía tuvieron menos síntomas de insomnio y sueño no reparador que los españoles. No se encontraron diferencias entre españoles y colombianos, peruanos y la mayoría de los argentinos. En cuanto al uso de servicios sanitarios, los hombres rumanos utilizaron menos los servicios sanitarios en todos los niveles. Las mujeres de Argentina, Bolivia y Ecuador hicieron un menor uso de la atención primaria de la salud, mientras que las mujeres peruanas tuvieron un uso mayor que las mujeres españolas. Entre las mujeres, no hubo diferencias en las consultas de urgencia u hospitalizaciones. Los hombres bolivianos reportaron mayores tasas de hospitalización y uso de urgencias, los ecuatorianos tuvieron menos ingresos hospitalarios y más visitas a la atención primaria y los argentinos hicieron un mayor uso de las urgencias. Conclusiones: En España existe heterogeneidad en la relación entre la inmigración, la percepción de la salud, salud mental, los síntomas de insomnio, SNR y el uso de servicios sanitarios, que depende del país concreto de nacimiento y de diferencias de género.
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Liu, Qin. "Intercultural communication competence, adaptation context, and acculturation strategies among chinese immigrants in Spain: based on field work in Barcelona." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/370859.
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Clasificada como la quinta población minoritaria más grande de España, la población china ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial en los últimos 20 años y ha incrementado de manera importante su presencia en la Península Ibérica en donde ha tomado partido de su modelo económico y de las conexiones económicas, comerciales, turísticas e incluso culturales que se desarrollan a través del continente de Eurasiático. La composición de la comunidad china en España se ha complejizado tanto si se toman en cuenta sus procedencias o lugares de origen, como si se analizan sus antecedentes educativos y socioeconómicos. Mientras más y más inmigrantes llegan a España, la segunda generación —o incluso posteriores generaciones— de migrantes chinos han comenzado a asumir las principales responsabilidades comunitarias y a desempeñar el papel de pilar de la comunidad étnica.
El presente estudio aborda el problema de la adaptación intercultural entre los diferentes grupos de la comunidad china en España, basado en la premisa de que la cultura, como un lenguaje complicado que involucra múltiples capas de códigos y símbolos verbales y no verbales, puede ser transmitida a través de la comunicación. La tesis presentada tiene tres objetivos a cumplir. El primero se concentra en la medición de la identificación cultural y étnica hacia la cultura receptora con el fin de clasificar los diferentes grupos de inmigrantes de acuerdo a cuatro modelos de aculturación. El primer objetivo se establece para comprobar si la generación y el nivel socioeconómico ejercen una influencia directa en la identificación cultural de los inmigrantes. El segundo objetivo consiste en explorar las relaciones entre el modo de aculturación, la competencia de adaptación sociocultural y la salud psicológica de los inmigrantes chinos. El tercer objetivo se orienta hacia averiguar qué estrategias de afrontamiento son tomadas por los inmigrantes para responder a las dificultades de adaptación. Dentro de este objetivo se analizan también las posibles causas de las estrategias adoptadas.
Utilizando una metodología mixta de encuestas cuantitativas y entrevistas cualitativas, la presente investigación conduce a conclusiones y resultados de análisis que demuestran que las condiciones socio-económicos y la generación tienen un gran impacto en el modo de aculturación, y que el modo de aculturación está estrechamente relacionado con la competencia de adaptación sociocultural. El estudio comprueba asimismo que la salud psicológica es irrelevante para ambos. Los resultados de la parte cualitativa de la investigación señalan que los inmigrantes de diferentes tipos tienden a adoptar diferentes estrategias de afrontamiento para responder a las dificultades encontradas en su vida intercultural. En términos generales, todos los inmigrantes tienen el deseo subjetivo de integrarse en las actividades principales de la sociedad española, pero entre ellos se producen diferentes resultados de adaptación debido a diversos tipos de condiciones y complejidades que delimitan y marcan tendencias de acuerdo a diferentes grupos y modos de aculturación. Es previsible que en cuanto haya más descendientes de los migrantes chinos, mayor será el grado de identificación con la cultura de acogida. Por último, el estudio sugiere algunas formas prácticas para dar una orientación más efectiva a la comunidad china en su camino hacia la integración en la sociedad española.Ranking as the fifth largest minority in Spain, The Chinese population has undergone an exponential growth during the last 20 years, getting increasingly noticeable in Spain, due to its remarkable economic model in connections with China across the Eurasia continent. The composition of Chinese community in Spain has become increasingly variegated either in terms of place of origin or of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. While more and more recent new immigrants arrive in Spain, the second or subsequent generations of the eldest first generation immigrants have started to assume responsibility and play the role of mainstay of the ethnic community. The present study addresses the problem of cross-cultural adaptation among different groups of the Chinese community in Spain, based on the premise that culture, like a complicated language that involves multiple layers of verbal and nonverbal codes and symbols, can be conveyed through communication. It has three objectives to be accomplished. The first is to measure host/ethnic cultural identification so as to classify different immigrant groups into acculturation modes. This objective is set to understand whether generation and socioeconomic status exert influence on immigrants’ cultural identification. The second is to figure out the relations between acculturation mode, socio-cultural adaptation competence and psychological health among Chinese immigrants. The third objective is to find out what coping strategies are taken by immigrants to deal with adaptation difficulties and the possible causes are explored, too. Using a mixed approach of quantitative survey and qualitative interviews, the current investigation leads to findings and analysis results that demonstrate that socioeconomic and generation have great impact on acculturation mode, that acculturation mode is closely related to socio-cultural adaptation competence, and that psychological health is irrelevant to both of them. The results of the qualitative part show that immigrants of different types tend to adopt different coping strategies to confront difficulties met in their intercultural life. Generally speaking, all immigrants have the subjective wish of integrating into the mainstream Spanish society, but among them are produced different adaptation outcomes because of multi-layered conditions which demarcate them into different acculturative groups. For those integrated immigrants, internal cognitive identification as well as external actions combined together speed up their integration process. The separated immigrants, despite of their subjective willingness to integrate into the Spanish society, they have neither urgent motives nor access to cultural integration due to various structural and environmental limitations. There are a few marginalized immigrants who are identified with neither the Spanish host culture nor the Chinese ethnic community, unable to proceed in the direction of higher acculturation and upward mobility in the mainstream society and afraid to go back to China because of return adaptation difficulties to a dramatically changing China. The assimilated group is mainly composed of those second-generation offspring of higher socioeconomic origin. It is predictable that more descendants of the Chinese will identify themselves with the host culture. Besides, active practical measures are suggested to give more effective guidance to the Chinese community on the journey of integration into the Spanish society.
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Bueno, Roldan Rocio. "Estimates of the Effects of Terrorism and the Financial Crisis on Attitudes toward Immigrants in Spain, 2000 to 2011." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1470757818.
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Evangelidou, Styliani. "Somatization, culture and immigration in primary health care settings: the case of Spain." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666889.
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El proyecto de la tesis doctoral (mención internacional) es un trabajo trifásico de investigación que elabora críticamente el fenómeno de la somatización en entornos de atención primaria de salud entre inmigrantes y nativos (muestra total N = 3,006; inmigrantes N = 1,503 y nativos N = 1,503) en España. Los inmigrantes provienen de cinco regiones étnicas/geográficas: norteafricana, subsahariana, europea oriental, asiática y latinoamericana. El primer estudio explora la relación entre el diagnóstico psiquiátrico y los tipos/frecuencia de síntomas somáticos en los dos grupos de origen, y analiza si los inmigrantes son más propensos a presentar más síntomas somáticos que los pacientes nativos de atención primaria. El segundo estudio, adjunto a la tesis del doctorado, incluye la validación adicional de la “Barcelona Immigration Stress Scale” (BISS) para determinar los factores de riesgo post-migratorios que pueden condicionar la salud mental de los inmigrantes en el país de acogida. El tercer estudio proporciona un análisis pormenorizado de los factores predictivos de somatización en pacientes inmigrantes de atención primaria de salud y contrapartes nativas. El modelo biomédico explicativo de la somatización se contrasta con el modelo cultural, que incluye un paradigma sociocultural de la experiencia y la manifestación de los síntomas somáticos en la atención primaria. El análisis cuantitativo de nuestros datos clínicos ha permitido interpretaciones cualitativas de las diferencias observadas en la presentación de los síntomas somáticos entre los dos grupos. Sugerimos que la aplicación de criterios psiquiátricos en la atención primaria de salud puede concluir en diagnósticos rígidos que no permiten a los profesionales de salud entender el significado de los síntomas somáticos y puede llevar a un reconocimiento insuficiente de ellos o un diagnóstico no pertinente ante la especificidad cultural de las condiciones mentales. Nuestra investigación destaca significativas implicaciones clínicas que informan sobre los factores que influyen los procesos diagnósticos en entornos de atención primaria en una sociedad cada vez más multicultural.The current international PhD dissertation project is a three-fold research work that aims to critically elaborate on the phenomenon of somatization in primary health care settings among immigrants and natives (total sample N=3,006; immigrants N=1,503 and natives N=1,503) in Spain. The immigrants come from five ethnic/geographical regions: North African, Sub-Saharan, Eastern European, Asian and Latin American. The first study explores the relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and types/frequency of somatic symptoms in the two groups of origin, and further examines whether immigrants are more prone to exhibit more somatic symptoms than native-born Spanish primary health care patients. The second study, attached to the PhD dissertation, includes the further validation of the Barcelona Immigration Stress Scale (BISS) with a view to determine the post-migration risk factors that may condition the mental health of immigrants in the country. The third study provides a nuanced analysis of the predictive factors of somatization in immigrant primary health care patients and native counterparts. The biomedical explanatory model of somatization is contrasted against the culture-specific one, which includes a socio-cultural paradigm of the experience and manifestation of somatic symptoms in primary care. The quantitative analysis of our clinical data has allowed qualitative interpretations of the observed differences in the presentation of somatic symptoms between the two groups. We suggest that the application of psychiatric criteria in primary health care may conclude to rigid diagnoses that do not allow health professionals to understand the meaning-making of the somatic symptoms and may lead to under-recognition or mis-diagnosis of a wide range of culture-specific mental conditions. Our research highlights significant clinical implications informing the factors that influence how medical practitioners reach diagnoses in primary care settings in an increasingly multi-cultural society.
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Scanlan, Jessica Leigh. "'Soy Super-Colombiana:' Colombian Women in Madrid and the Paradoxes of Constructing Transnational Identities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193247.
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In this thesis I examine the experiences of Colombian women who emigrated from various regions of Colombia to Madrid from 1996-2006. An analysis of this sort requires a preliminary explanation regarding factors that motivate women to emigrate from Colombia and immigrate to Spain. In this project, I reflect upon the paradoxes inherent in the construction of a transnational identity. Though some Colombian women adopt Spanish customs, constructing a transnational identity, the majority maintain a strong and vibrant Colombian identity, particularly through virtual connections with their families back home. A transnational identity is an emotional, personal identity and in the context of this project signifies the adoption of a Spanish identity by Colombian women. I utilize social network theory as the primary conceptual framework to analyze the role and significance of networks in fostering the construction of transnational identities and the maintenance of Colombian identities.
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Morén-Alegret, Ricard. "Integration(s) and resistance : governments, capital, social organisations and movements, and the arrival of 'foreign immigrants' in Barcelona and Lisbon." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/3935/.
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In a context characterised by the shift from fordism to post-fordism in the Iberian peninsula, this thesis addresses the following question how are capital, governments and social movements organised in the processes of integration and resistance that affect foreign immigration' in Barcelona and Lisbon? Thus, in the first chapter, an analysis of the concept of "integration" is undertaken in order to understand the complexities and elusiveness that hide behind it, giving special attention to immigrants' integration literature. A distinction between systemic integration and social integration is adopted, and thus in the second chapter recent theorisation on capital and the state (i. e. systemic institutions) is approached, while in the third chapter social movements and organisations are taken into account. In chapter four epistemological and methodological elements are noted. The last three chapters are devoted to analyse original fieldwork data (mainly qualitative interviews): chapter 6 analyses immigration governmental policies at European, 'national-state', 'national-regional', and local levels; chapter 7 studies social and capital organisations in Barcelona in relation to 'foreign immigration'; and in chapter 8 social and capital organisations are studied in relation to 'foreign immigration' in Lisbon. Finally, some conclusions are revealed whilst other questions are posed.
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Alonso, Hjärtström Livia. "Regularization as a tool for managing irregular immigration : An evaluation of the regularization of irregular immigrants in Spain through the labour market." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-1789.
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The objective of the thesis is to make a stakeholder evaluation of the regularization process that in 2005 gave the right to irregular immigrants in Spain to apply for a legal status. I want to portray how different groups at the labour market experienced the process and identify the factors that contributed to the result. I further want to study if regularization can be seen as an effectual measurement for managing irregular immigration. The methods are qualitative interviews and text analysis combined with evaluation method. The main theories are Venturini’s and Levinson’s suggestions for a successful regularization. Other prominent theories are Soysal’s theory about citizenship, Jordan’s and Düvell’s and Castles theories about irregular immigration. The result shows that the main argument for carrying out the process was to improve the situation at the labour market. The most prominent factors that affected the outcome were the social consensus preceding the process and the prerequisite of having a job contract. The regularization of irregular immigrants had an overall positive outcome but the stringent prerequisites for being regularized together with problems with sanctions of employers probably had a somewhat negative outcome on the result of the regularization.
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Straub, Sarah Stephens John D. "Incorporating Latin American immigrants into mainstream society a study of official and informal policies of integration in Spain and the United States /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2731.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.Title from electronic title page (viewed Mar. 10, 2010). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Political Science, Concentration TransAtlantic Studies." Discipline: Political Science; Department/School: Political Science.
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Cantero, Martínez Josefa. "Crisis and mutation of the public health service in Spain." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/116437.
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects that recent health reforms adopted in Spain because of the economic crisis have had on the National Health System. It is not only a matter of mere budgetary cuts or measures of saving in the public expense. Reforms are looking for the efficiency and financial sustainability of health care services. However, a «mutation» in the public service has taken place. Reforms have affected the basic principles of the public system: the insurance model, its universality, the financing of the system and the principles of equity and cohesion of the public service.El objeto de este trabajo es analizar los efectos que las reformas adoptadas recientemente en España con motivo de la crisis económica han tenido en el servicio público sanitario. No se trata solo de meros recortes presupuestarios y de medidas de ahorro en el gasto público. Las reformas buscan la eficiencia y la sostenibilidad económica del sistema sanitario. Sin embargo, han producido una importante «mutación» del servicio público que ha afectado a los principios básicos inspiradores del modelo, al modelo de aseguramiento, a su universalidad, a su financiación y, con ello, a los principios de equidad y cohesión del sistema.
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Milios, Georgios. "The immigrants and refugees' right to family life: legal development and implementation from comparative perspective." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/398005.
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The present thesis deals with the immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers’ right to family life. It approaches the right to family life as a right that is wider than family reunification and includes cases of expulsion of foreigners who have family ties in the host country, as well as regularization issues. The present dissertation examines the foreigners’ right to family life from an international human rights law perspective, from an EU law perspective but also includes a comparative study of the legislation of three EU Member States, namely Spain, Greece and Germany. The main research question concerns the impact that the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and the enhancement of fundamental right in Europe should have on family life related legislation at EU and national level. Not least, the present study aims at assessing the effect and effectiveness of the EU Directives approximately ten years after the deadline for their implementation and focuses on the case law of International, EU and national courts. It concludes that the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and the fact that the ECFR has gained the same legal values as the Treaty directly affects the Directives which relate to family life and, consequently, the domestic legislations of the Member States which participate in the present study. That being said, the dissertation reaches the conclusion that the applicable family reunification regimes follow a strictly ‘formal’ model which is not compatible with the new fundamental rights scene, as it is formed at EU level. It proposes a new reunification model which will be more ‘substantial’ and will be based on an individual assessment of each application both as regards the family members who may qualify as such, and with respect to the requirements that are imposed for the exercise of the right to family reunification.La present tesi tracta sobre el dret a la vida familiar dels immigrants, refugiats i sol·licitants d'asil. El dret a la vida familiar s'aborda com un dret més ampli que el reagrupament familiar i inclou casos d'expulsió d'estrangers que tenen vincles familiars al país d'acollida, així com casos de regularització. La tesi analitza el dret a la vida familiar dels estrangers des de la perspectiva del dret internacional de drets humans, i de la perspectiva de la legislació comunitària, però també inclou un estudi comparatiu de la legislació nacional de tres estats membres de la UE, Espanya, Grècia i Alemanya. La principal pregunta de recerca de la tesi es refereix a l'impacte que l'adopció del Tractat de Lisboa i l'ampliació dels drets fonamentals a Europa han de tenir en la legislació relacionada amb la vida familiar a nivell comunitari i nacional. A més a més, la tesi té com a objectiu avaluar l'efecte i l'eficàcia de les directives de la UE aproximadament deu anys després de la data límit per a la seva transposició i es centra en la jurisprudència dels tribunals internacionals, comunitaris i nacionals. La present tesi conclou que l'adopció del Tractat de Lisboa i el fet que la Carta Europea dels Drets Fonamentals hagi guanyat el mateix valor jurídic que el Tractat afecta directament a les directives que es refereixen a la vida familiar i, en conseqüència, a les legislacions nacionals dels Estats membres que participen a l'estudi. Dit això, la tesi arriba a la conclusió que els règims aplicables de reagrupament familiar segueixen un model estrictament "formal" que no és compatible amb la nova escena dels drets fonamentals a nivell comunitari. Es proposa un nou model de reagrupació familiar que serà més "substancial" i es basarà en una avaluació individual de cada sol·licitud, tant pel que fa als membres de la família que poden qualificar com a tal, com pel que fa als requisits que s'imposen per a l'exercici del dret al reagrupament familiar.
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Bassarsky, Lina. "Hijos de immigrantes Marroquíes en españa : inserción laboral y dinámica social." Thesis, Paris 10, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA100038.
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Cette thèse doctorale est encadrée par le projet TIES, “The Integration of the European Second Generation” qui a pour objectif d’étudier comparativement différents aspects de l’intégration des jeunes enfants d’immigrés procédant de la Turquie, de l’ex Yougoslavie et du Maroc. Le noyau du projet est une enquête à indicateurs multiples qui a été appliquée sur des descendants et des non descendants d’immigrés internationaux. Le terme “deuxième génération” recouvre des personnes ayant entre 18 et 35 ans avec, au moins, un parent immigré, et nées dans le pays d’immigration de leurs géniteurs. L’enquête a été appliquée dans 15 villes de huit pays européens. Dans chaque ville on a enquêté 250 descendants d’un ou de plusieurs groupes d’immigrés et 250 descendants de non immigrés. Le questionnaire organisé en modules, embrasse un grand éventail de sujets. En Espagne ont participé 1000 personnes au total: 500 descendants et 500 non descendants d’immigrés marocains et le travail de terrain a été complété entre les mois de janvier et décembre 2008. Etant donné que l’Espagne ne possède ni statistiques officielles ni études précédentes d’envergure sur les enfants adultes d’immigrés nés dans le pays, l’échantillon TIES constitue une importante source de connaissance de ce groupe d’habitants.L’Institut Universitaire d’Études sur les Migrations (Madrid, Espagne), responsable de la mise en place de l’enquête TIES en Espagne, est par ailleurs l’institution d’accueil pour la réalisation de cette thèse doctorale. Ceci grâce au fait que le projet TIES était associé au Marie Curie Research Training Network (TIES-RTN), d’une durée de trois ans. La thèse est inscrite en accord de cotutelle entre l’Université de Paris Ouest-La Défense (ancienne Paris X-Nanterre, France) et l’Université de Buenos Aires (Argentine). Elle est dirigée respectivement par les Docteurs Maria Eugenia Zavala de Cosio et Susana Novick. Le diplôme décerné est celui de Docteur en Démographie et SociologieThis thesis is in line with the European comparative research project named TIES -The Integration of the European Second Generation, about the integration of young adult children of immigrants from Turkey, former Yugoslavia and Morocco. We analyse data from the Spanish TIES survey which was conducted in Barcelona and Madrid in 2008 and applied to 500 Children of Moroccan Immigrants (CMI) and 500 members of the comparison group of national origin. The aim of the thesis is to determine whether the labour market factors that make the immigrants vulnerable are replicated in the next generation, or otherwise the integration of the “second generation” is taking place in similar conditions to those of most Spaniards. Social capital and ethnic discrimination are incorporated into the analysis as intervening variables. The CMI “inherit” from their parents a social origin linked to the lower class, and their membership of a strongly stigmatized minority group. At the same time, these young people have, in principle, some crucial resources that should enable them to reach a better social status than their parents’ one: educative paths and the rights of citizenship equal to most of their Spanish peers. Our results show that the CMI share with the majority group similar labour market statuses. However, the CMI go through a labour market transition that will probably reduce their future opportunities for upward mobility. We carried out some multivariate analyses that added explanatory power with regard to the importance of the immigrant origin on labour market integration. The labour market penalizes the younger workers without work experience, regardless of their skills and migration background. The use of social capital to get a job is associated with lower skilled occupations and early ethnic networks. Moreover, these personal contacts do not guarantee to reach advantageous positions in the labour market. Barcelona appears to be a more hostile context towards some minority groups to which the CMI may feel to belong. Nevertheless, the respondents in Barcelona do support the anti-discrimination policies. In short, the formation of ethnic minorities resulting from the international migration is a phenomenon “under construction” in Spain. In that context, the children of immigrants may play a major role in the social construction of ethnicity, as far as they begin to occupy specific positions in the labour market stratification. This may nourish, for instance, the hypothesis of the “new ethnic proletariat” growth. Spain faces the challenge to move over from the “immigration” rhetoric to a new rhetoric based on the “ethnic groups”. In any case, it seems obvious that insisting on the idea of the immigration as being a social problem is an obstinate risk. This might attach the new “second generations” to a stereotype and to a social position which merely reduce the life opportunities they deserve. The case studied here is exemplary in the Spanish context, since it can provide with useful knowledge tools vis-à-vis the history of the more recent groups of immigrants arrived from diverse origins and their descendants
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Han, Janice E. "Targeting Illegal Immigration through Development: Case Study of Morocco’s Two-Track Migration." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1145.
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Illegal immigration incurs tremendous economic, social, and humanitarian costs for Europe and the Maghreb countries. Previous literature on illegal immigration focuses on “coping” (border security, repatriation, and rescue) and “resolving” (social integration of immigrants). This thesis attempts to direct the European policymakers’ attention to “preventing” policy model. In essence, the prevention model seeks to reduce the incentives of the Maghreb people to migrate.
The thesis focuses on analyzing the migration pattern in Morocco, and its implications for Spain and Italy. Based on Morocco’s two-track migration pattern, the thesis argues that rural development could reduce the incentives of internal migration, and urban development could reduce the incentives of migration abroad. Finally, the thesis analyzes official development assistance (ODA) to Morocco from Spain, Italy, and the European Commission. The analysis shows that their development efforts do little to discourage Moroccans’ incentives to migrate. The thesis recommends that the Spanish and Italian governments adjust their development assistance in a way that targets either one of the two migration tracks.
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Janičkovičová, Lýdia. "Imigrácia do EÚ so zameraním na priestor Stredomoria." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-17717.
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The thesis discusses the transformation of southern European countries, Italy and Spain, from traditionally countries of emigration into countries of immigration. It starts from historical migration flows which result in so-called Mediterranean model of immigration characteristic for the region in the last two decades. The paper analyses the composition of immigrants in both countries, focusing on the ethnic composition, the motives of residence and employment status compared with overall employment in the EU context. Since the south European countries concerned are significantly affected by inflows of migrants by sea in recent years, the thesis also focuses on problematic areas of the Mediterranean, detention centers and cooperation with source countries. The main aim of this work is to analyze how these two countries handle the phenomenon of immigration and what recourse did they choose in creating their own immigration policies towards both legal and illegal immigration. The second objective is then to bring some comparison of the two countries in the approaches to integration of immigrants.
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Singh, Nachatter. "Indian diaspora to Spain demo-spatial analysis and immigrant integration." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666821.
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Durante las últimas dos décadas, la acelerada globalización y las políticas económicas neoliberales han contribuido a facilitar el rápido movimiento de capitales y personas en todo el mundo. Migración a gran escala de personas del mundo en desarrollo (por ejemplo, India, que es el mayor proveedor de mano de obra) a los países desarrollados, la creciente contribución de la población emigrante en el desarrollo de los países de origen y renovado papel desempeñado por la población de la diáspora en la política global ha reavivado la importancia de las "diásporas" en los debates académicos y de relaciones internacionales. En la actualidad no existe una única fuente de datos que pueda proporcionar información precisa sobre todas las personas o sus descendientes que forman la población de la diáspora. En la primera parte de esta disertación, me centré en la diáspora india. En primer lugar, analicé diferentes fuentes de datos que pueden usarse para medir el tamaño de la población de la diáspora y la expansión del espacio actual de la diáspora india, que según el gobierno indio tiene más de 30 millones de personas viviendo en 208 países. En segundo lugar, he analizado la evolución de diferentes diásporas en comparación entre sí y el efecto de la globalización sobre ellas. Al centrarme en las diásporas de la India y México, he explorado, por una parte, la actitud cambiante de los países de acogida hacia su población de la diáspora, y, por otro lado, el impacto de los cambios demográficos, económicos y políticos en los países de origen en el crecimiento futuro de las comunidades de la diáspora. Y finalmente, al centrarme en la inmigración india (principalmente la comunidad sij) a España, he estudiado la creación de diferentes espacios de diáspora a través de la interrelación de los inmigrantes entre sí y su movilidad interna en los nuevos destinos de la misma. También he resaltado la transcendencia de las redes de comunicación transnacionales en la creación de espacios virtuales de la diáspora, que son muy dinámicos y consten de diferentes niveles.
España es una adición reciente a la diáspora india. La inmigración de trabajadores indios al sur de Europa ha elevado su posición como un destino periférico en la diáspora india. La segunda parte de esta disertación se centra en la población inmigrante india en España, especialmente, en su perfil sociodemográfico y la distribución espacial. En esta parte, analicé el crecimiento de la comunidad india en España durante las últimas dos décadas y su nivel de concentración y segregación residencial en diferentes ciudades metropolitanas de España. También estudié la exposición de inmigrantes indios a la sociedad de acogida y su condición socioeconómica en comparación con otras comunidades de inmigrantes en España. El hecho de que el aumento exponencial de la inmigración india a España sea relativamente reciente y la ausencia de vínculos históricos y coloniales entre España y la India hace que este estudio sea más interesante ya que nos brindará la oportunidad de observar la expansión de la diáspora india a territorios vírgenes donde no comparten ningún fondo común, pero ahora están contribuyendo a la formación de una sociedad muy diversa y vecindarios heterogéneos.
En la tercera parte de esta disertación, examiné el nivel de integración de los inmigrantes indios en diferentes ámbitos de la sociedad de acogida y los factores responsables de su configuración. Como la población sij representa la mayoría de la población inmigrante india en España, también abordé cómo las diferentes generaciones de inmigrantes sij en España se enfrentan al desafío de preservar su identidad y coexistencia pacífica con la sociedad de acogida.During the last two decades, accelerated globalization and neoliberal economic policies have facilitated the rapid movement of capital and people around the world. Large-scale migration of people from the developing world (for example, India, which is the largest supplier of labour) to developed countries, the growing contribution of the migrant population in the development of countries of origin and the role played by the diaspora population in global politics has revived the importance of "diasporas" in academic debates and international relations. At present, there is no single source of data that can provide accurate information about all the people or their descendants that make up the diaspora population. In the first part of this dissertation, I focused on the Indian diaspora. First, I analysed different data sources that can be used to measure the size of the diaspora population and the expansion of the current space of the Indian Diaspora, which according to the Indian government has more than 30 million people living in 208 countries. Secondly, I studied the evolution of different diasporas in comparison to each other and the effect of globalization on them. By focusing on the diasporas of India and Mexico, on the one hand I explored the changing attitude of host countries towards their Diaspora population and on the other hand the impact of demographic, economic and political changes on the countries of origin in the future growth of the diaspora communities. And finally, by focusing on Indian immigration (mainly the Sikh community) to Spain, I have studied the creation of different diaspora spaces through the interrelation of immigrants and their internal mobility in the new destination countries. I have also highlighted the transcendence of transnational communication networks in the creation of virtual spaces of the diaspora, which are very dynamic and consist of different levels. Spain is a recent addition to the Indian diaspora. The immigration of Indian workers to southern Europe has elevated its position as a peripheral destination in the Indian diaspora. The second part of this dissertation focuses on the Indian immigrant population in Spain, especially on their sociodemographic profile and spatial distribution. In this part, I analysed the growth of the Indian community in Spain during the last two decades and its level of concentration and residential segregation in different metropolitan cities of Spain. I also studied the exposure of Indian immigrants to the host society and their socioeconomic status compared to other immigrant communities in Spain. The fact that the exponential increase of Indian immigration to Spain is relatively recent and the absence of historical and colonial ties between Spain and India makes this study more interesting as it gives us an opportunity to observe the expansion of the Indian diaspora to virgin territories where they do not share any common history, but now they are contributing to the formation of a very diverse society and heterogeneous neighbourhoods. In the third part of this dissertation, I examined the level of integration of Indian immigrants in different spheres of the host society and the factors responsible for it. As the Sikh population represents the majority of the Indian immigrant population in Spain, I also addressed how the different generations of Sikh immigrants in Spain face the challenge of preserving their identity and peaceful coexistence with the host society.
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Romero, León Daniel Arturo. "Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Spain: A Perspective of Culture and Identity." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/125657.
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En los inicios del siglo XXI, la migración internacional se convirtió en un fenómeno mundial, con un impacto económico, político y social significativo. Desde una perspectiva económica, la migración internacional se encuentra creando lazos comerciales entre localidades sin ninguna vinculación previa. América Latina cuenta con una extensa población de sus ciudadanos habitando fuera de la región, principalmente en Estados Unidos y España. En este sentido, la región tiene un amplio conjunto de experiencias respecto a las externalidades económicas de la migración, y al rol activo de las diásporas latinoamericanas en las localidades de origen. Los bienes y servicios étnicos se encuentran asociados a la nacionalidad o a la cultura, y son consumidos como parte de un escaparate global disponible en los mercados locales. Asimismo, los mercados nostálgicos están conformados por bienes y servicios relacionados con preferencias del consumidor particulares, tradiciones, así como por la cultura e identidad asociada a colectivos de inmigrantes. El objetivo es satisfacer sus gustos y preferencias, y fortalecer, en algunos casos, los sentimientos de identidad y pertenencia. Esta tesis tiene el interés de explorar las potencialidades de los mercados étnicos y nostálgicos en España, en el entendido que el migrante es un agente económico que toma decisiones racionales respondiendo a su propia formación dentro de contexto social y cultural especifico.International migration is one of the major global phenomena of the last decades. The flows of persons moving from one country to another, increased strongly in different regions of the world. A rational choice analysis of the migration decision making of an individual, would generally involve a description of a desired income, or a desire of a better living conditions, and how these desired interact. An individual is faced with a crossroads to decide to migrate or not, and to analyze those incentives and objectives there to motivate a decision. The typical migrant is faced with the problem of when to migrate and where to go, and sometimes why to migrate, and then how to survive in the host country. The Rational Choice approach provides a unique perspective on the manner in which immigrants make decisions under a specific economic context. In the second stage, the revision of the context, trends and characteristics of the new and recent immigration flows arriving to Europe give us an outlook to this phenomenon observed during the last two decades. In the third stage, the data of Latin American immigration in Spain give us a wide perspective of the scenario for the host country and the newcomers. In the forth the relevant body of extant literature of Migration, Culture and Identity reviewed, help to understand how rational migrants make decisions about themselves and their communities in the host countries. In the fifth stage, the discussion of how rational migrants express their identity and cultures throughout the market is characterized. In the final stage, the current economic scenario in Europe shows us how rational migrants had to adapt to new conditions, creating new alternatives.
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Mautner, Kathleen C. "National Identity and the Education of Immigrant Youth in Spain." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/64.
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This thesis examines the present-day educational policies enacted by Spain in response to the country’s growing immigrant populations, specifically by comparing the policies implemented in two of Spain’s distinct autonomies. The thesis ultimately argues that the regions’ differing conceptualizations of national identity and their distinct relationships to the central Spanish state play a fundamental role in their motivations to enact comprehensive and effective policies that promote immigrants’ educational and social success.
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García, Sánchez Inmaculada María. "Moroccan immigrant children in a time of surveillance navigating sameness and difference in contemporary Spain /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1930909361&sid=6&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Safranoff, Yankillevich Ana. "Analysing gender power relations through intermarriage in Spain." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/286737.
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Esta tesis analiza la interacción entre las desigualdades de género y la inmigración mediante el
estudio de las diferencias de género en los matrimonios mixtos en España. La pregunta de
investigación principal de la tesis es por qué las mujeres inmigrantes se casan con hombres
españoles en mayor número que los hombres inmigrantes. Los resultados muestran que las
teorías clásicas que se han utilizado para explicar los matrimonios mixtos y, más
específicamente, las diferencias de género en dichos matrimonios, sólo pueden explicar de
forma limitada este fenómeno. A diferencia del caso de los hombres inmigrantes en el pasado,
en la España contemporánea la mayor propensión de las mujeres inmigrantes a casarse con
hombres españoles no puede considerarse como un indicador de un mayor nivel de integración
en la sociedad de acogida sino, más bien, como un signo de una forma diferente de integración.
De hecho, los resultados sugieren que, en gran parte, las mujeres inmigrantes se casan con más
frecuencia que los hombres debido a que son más atractivas para un tipo de hombre español con
un perfil cultural tradicional que concibe el rol de la mujer como subordinado al del hombre.This dissertation seeks to expand and refine our understanding of the interaction between immigrant and gender inequalities. This objective is achieved by analysing gender differences in intermarriage in Spain. The main research question of this thesis is why immigrant women intermarry with Spanish natives in larger numbers than immigrant meno The results of the dissertation show that the classical theories that have been used to explain intermarriage and, more specifically, gender differences in intermarriage, can only Iimitedly explain women's surplus in intermarriage in Spain. Differently from the case of immigrant men in the past, immigrant women 's higher propensity to intermarry in contemporary Spain cannot be simplistically considered an indicator oftheir higher levels of integration in the host society, but rather a sign of a different form of integration. In fact, the results suggest that immigrant women intermarry more often than men largely because they are more attractive to a type of Spanish native man with a traditional cultural profile that considers women's role to be subordinated to men.
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Ackert, Elizabeth Stacy. "The limits of interculturalismo education and diversity in Spain's new era of immigration /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1450160.
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Gea, Sánchez Montserrat. "The Law of the State against the Law of Nurses: a study on the access to and utilization of health and social services by undocumented immigrant women in Spain." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/382632.
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OBJECTIVE. To explore the access to and utilization of health and social services by immigrant undocumented women in Spain from the perspective of several actors.
METHODOLOGY. A systematic review of scientific literature (Study I); qualitative inquiry involving personal interviews with 7 midwives of a rural area of Segovia (Study II) and 12 immigrant undocumented women working and living in Lleida (Study III); and Critical Discourse Analysis of the Health Law and Ethic Codes of Nurses (Study IV).
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS There is a knowledge gap in scientific literature in Spain regarding access and utilization of social and health services specifically oriented to undocumented immigrant women. Immigrant undocumented women underutilize social and health care services -including the service of midwifery- due to reasons linked to poor working conditions and specific barriers for being immigrant undocumented women. Nurses suffer a mismatch between their ethical and professional commitment and the application of the general law.OBJETIVO. Explorar el acceso y utilización de las mujeres inmigrantes indocumentadas de los servicios sociales y de salud en España desde distintas perspectivas. METODOLOGÍA. Revisión de alcance de la literatura científica (Estudio I); metodología cualitativa mediante entrevistas personales a 7 matronas de un área rural de Segovia (Estudio II) y 12 inmigrantes indocumentadas en Lleida (Estudio III); y Análisis Crítico del Discurso de la Ley sanitaria y los Códigos Éticos enfermeros (Estudio IV). RESULTADOS/CONCLUSIONES. En la literatura científica no hay estudios sobre el acceso y utilización de los servicios sociales y de salud específicos con mujeres inmigrantes indocumentadas en España. Estas mujeres infrautilizan los servicios de sociales y de salud, incluyendo los servicios de matronería, debido a unas condiciones laborales precarias y a barreras específicas por ser mujeres inmigrantes indocumentadas. Las enfermeras se enfrentan a un dilema entre su compromiso ético y profesional y la aplicación de la ley sanitaria.
OBJECTIU. Explorar l’accés i ús que fan dels serveis socials i de salut les dones immigrants indocumentades en Espanya des de diverses perspectives. METODOLOGIA. Revisió d’abast de la literatura científica (Estudi I); metodologia qualitativa amb entrevistes personals a 7 llevadores d´una àrea rural de Segovia (Estudi II) i 12 dones immigrants indocumentades a Lleida (Estudi III); i Anàlisi Crític del Discurs de la Llei sanitària i els Codis Ètics infermers (Estudi IV). RESULTATS/CONCLUSIONS. En la literatura científica no hi ha estudis sobre l´accés i utilització dels serveis socials i de salut específics amb dones immigrants indocumentades a Espanya. Aquestes dones infrautilitzen els serveis socials i de salut, incloent els serveis de llevadora, per raó d´unes condicions laborals precàries i per enfrontar-se a barreres específiques vinculades a ser dones immigrants indocumentades. Les infermeres tenen que triar entre el seu compromís ètic i professional o l´aplicació de la llei sanitària.
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Passetti, Francesco. "Keeping policy and politics apart: integration policies in Europe and the politics of citizenship in Spain and Italy." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/587162.
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This thesis investigates immigrant integration policies paying special attention to the Spanish and Italian citizenship regimes. It hinges upon a multi-method design and its results take the shape of a three-article structure. The first article addresses similarities and differences among European countries’ integration policies and, by means of cluster analysis on MIPEX data, it identifies policy-models characterizing the current European scenario. Two shared-configurations are captured, cutting across the East/West cleavage. The Eastern configuration is more restrictive than the Western one, especially in traditional areas of integration. The second and third articles concentrate on the domain of citizenship and try to account for the puzzling continuity of nationality laws in Spain and in Italy by relying on the explanatory power of ideas. The Spanish case is treated in the second article whereas the third article compares such case to the Italian one. In both countries ideas prove to be crucial in driving the evolution of nationality laws; however according to distinct causal logic.La presente tesis investiga las políticas de integración de los inmigrantes prestando especial atención a los regímenes de nacionalidad españolo e italiano; sigue un diseño de investigación “multhi-method” y sus resultados se estructuran en tres artículos. El primer artículo aborda similitudes y diferencias entre las políticas de integración de los países europeos y, mediante un cluster análisis con datos MIPEX, identifica los modelos de policy que marcan el escenario europeo actual. Dos macro-configuraciones son identificadas, a través de la división este/oeste. La configuración del este es más restrictiva de la del oeste, especialmente en las tradicionales áreas de integración. Los artículos segundo y tercero se centran en el área de la ciudadanía y tratan de dar cuenta de la enigmática continuidad de las leyes de nacionalidad en España y en Italia, confiando en el poder explicativo de las ideas. El segundo artículo trata el caso español, el tercero compara éste con el caso italiano. En ambos países los factores “ideacionales” se demuestran cruciales en influenciar la evolución de las leyes de nacionalidad; sin embargo, según distintas lógicas causales.
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Treffot, Anne-Elisabeth. "L'Espagne, un nouveau pays d'immigration : l'exemple des immigrées roumaines (analyse comparative)." Phd thesis, Université de Bourgogne, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00998655.
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Ce travail porte sur le phénomène de l'immigration en Espagne et son impact dans la société espagnole contemporaine. L'étude de l'arrivée de nombreux migrants en Espagne permet en effet de rendre compte de l'évolution de la société espagnole: D'une part en analysant comment et pourquoi un pays traditionnellement exportateur de main d'œuvre a pu attirer des immigrants; d'autre part en observant ce que l'Espagne a fait pour intégrer ces flux migratoires. L'analyse de ce phénomène se fait à travers un prisme particulier, celui des femmes roumaines. Les Roumains sont depuis quelques années la première nationalité étrangère en Espagne. Je présente ici les différentes étapes de l'immigration roumaine et ses caractéristiques, et enquête auprès de migrantes roumaines. Je veux en effet, à travers leur expérience, mettre en lumière certains aspects importants de la société espagnole contemporaine (dans la mesure où ils sont révélateurs de l'attitude de cette société face à des problèmes nouveaux). Je m'intéresse également à quelques cas particuliers, afin de présenter l'immigration roumaine dans toute sa diversité: j'analyse l'immigration des Roumaines roms et reviens également sur la situation de femmes roumaines en situation de marginalisation: les Roumaines victimes de réseaux de proxénétisme, et les Roumaines détenues en Espagne. Par ailleurs, il m'a semblé tout aussi essentiel de déterminer la vision que la société espagnole a des immigrés, et en particulier des Roumains à travers l'analyse d'un corpus journalistique qui reflète la période comprise entre la fin des années 90 et 2013, et complète cette analyse de l'immigration roumaine. Dans les années 50, des flux migratoires d'un tout autre ordre se sont dirigés vers l'Espagne franquiste: J'évoque l'exil en Espagne, sujet encore très inédit et très rarement objet de recherches. Ce travail, qui porte essentiellement sur l'immigration en Espagne, présente, en outre une comparaison ponctuelle avec la situation en France Cette brève analyse permet de comparer et de nuancer ce qui, dans l'expérience migratoire des Roumaines en Espagne et en France est semblable ou foncièrement différent.
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MOUALHI, Djaouida. "Les immigrantes maghrébines en Espagne et en Italie." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/10447.
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Defence date: 11 July 2008Examining Board: Prof. Joaquín Arango, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Prof. Philippe Fargues, EUI / INED Prof. Christian Joppke (Directeur de thèse), American University of Paris) Prof. Verena Stolcke (Co-directeur), Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
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Ma, Shing Yi, and 馬馨怡. "Identity, Perception and Integration: A Case Of Muslim Immigrants in Spain." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n48q9n.
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國際研究英語碩士學位學程 (IMPIS)
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It is easier and faster for people to move to different places nowadays with the advanced development of technology and globalization. Although it is easy to move to foreign countries, it is difficult for immigrants to adapt and integrate into a society with distinct cultures, ethnicities, religious and historical background. Identity can be seen as an important factor during the process of integration. From the attitudes of European citizens, self-identification of Muslim immigrants, perceptions and stereotypes imposed toward the immigrants, the difficulties and challenges of integration into the society can easily be observed. The researcher propose to conduct interviews with Muslim immigrants living in Spain to see their perspectives of the process of integration and the challenges they faced. Many scholars believed that the Muslim immigrants were not represented in the society and often face many discriminations and misunderstandings due to their identity. For other scholars, immigration in Spain is not perceived to be a threat to national identity because of the lack of visibility of immigrants. However, with recent event of terrorist attacks and the economic crisis, the attitudes of local citizens are becoming less tolerant toward Muslim immigrants. When Muslim immigrants face difficulties of adaptation and integration into the foreign society, they would become segregated and form their own social group; or they would assimilate into the foreign country and lose their identity. If Muslim immigrants are accepted and welcomed by local communities and the government, they would be able to create a new identity and integrate into the society better. Key words: Identity, integration, constructivism, Muslim immigrants, perception
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Yu, Hui-Ting, and 虞惠婷. "The Study of the Illegal Immigrants from North Africa in Spain." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28516567038806622105.
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Spain was a country of emigration. After joining to the EC, Spain’s economy grew continuously which lured lots of foreign immigrants. The increasing numbers of the immigrants transferred Spain into a country of immigration. With growth in formal economy, the underground economy was booming at the same time. Thanks to the large proportion of the underground economy which was composed of both the legal and illegal works, many illegal immigrants could find a job and live in Spain. The underground economy was one of the pull effect. In addition, the loose immigration policy was the other pull effect. Especially in the southern border which had the loose restriction, the number of illegal North African who passed the border easily increased year by year. The reasons above enabled the illegal North African to have the income and sustain their livings in Spain. The EU has had their eyes on the immigration issue since 80s.Because of the free movement of people, which achieved under the EU common market in 90s, the number of illegal immigrants began to increase. Under free movement of people, European have the right to work, live and travel in another EU countries, while at the same time illegal immigrants benefit from the rules. That accounts for the soaring illegal population which became a problem in the member states. Without strict immigration policies, Spain has attracted illegal immigrants and become a hub in the Mediterranean region. North Africa has different culture and religion. Therefore, the illegal immigrants from these countries bring attention in Spain. Not only Spain but also the EU consider about the affection of illegal immigrants from North Africa. The EU has not the common migration policy, and hence the migration policy is based on each member states. In order to reduce the number of illegal immigrants, Spain reinforce its southern border. Aside of border control, legalization is one of the main policy to decrease illegal immigrants in Spain. The structure of this study is as followed. First, the historical background of immigration in Spain. Second, the social and economy impacts of illegal immigrants in Spain. Third, in order to reduce the illegal immigrants, how the EU and Spain combat them and what are the measures under immigration policy.
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FREITAS, CORREIA Any. "Redefining nations : nationhood and immigration in Italy and Spain." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/14498.
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Defence date: 8 July 2010Examining Board: Maurizio Ambrosini (Univ. Milan); Margarita Gomez-Reino Cachafeiro, UNED, Madrid); Virginie Guiraudon (CERAPS-CNRS, Lille Centre for Politics) (External Co-Sipervisor); Peter Mair (EUI) (Supervisor)
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In the early 1990s, Italy and Spain, traditional labor exporters, started to acknowledge their new position as ‘immigration countries’. This dissertation examines how both states have coped with the consequences of this rapid and unexpected shift. Combining discourse and policy analysis, we look mainly at political elites’ (parties and their members) discourses and practices, during the first decade of the immigration turn (from early 1990s until the early 2000s). The literature has often treated Italy and Spain as examples of the same ‘Mediterranean’ group, also usually assuming that they have followed a very similar route towards immigrants’ criminalization and a populist mobilization of the immigration theme. Adopting an innovative analytical perspective, this thesis arrives at an original understanding of both immigrants’ representation and immigration politics in Italy and Spain. The predominant categories mobilized by Spanish and Italian political elites in the construction of the immigration ‘problem', as well as the strategies used to seize the (political) opportunities offered by the immigration theme are more diverse than they seem. While in Italy a ‘grammar’ of insecurity has been reiterated and institutionalized by nearly all political groups throughout the 1990s, in Spain, parties have mostly treated immigration as a matter (problem) of social integration, politicizing (‘criminalizing’) the issue quite late in the decade. This dissertation concludes moreover that the rising influx of immigrants during the 1990s has triggered a revival of particular ways of framing the Italian and Spanish ‘nations’ and nationhood, which have strongly marked political actors’ approach to immigrants and immigration politics. In this way, while in Italy the post-Fascist idea of a bounded Italianità, grounded on family ties and blood connections, have underlie immigration policy-making; the post-Franquist conception of a ‘new’, open and plural Spain has overruled in Spain. We show how these different national ‘mythologies’ were instrumental for legitimating quite similar (restrictive) policies.
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ZARAGOZA, CRISTIANI Jonathan. "Empowerment through migration control cooperation : the Spanish-Moroccan case." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/41686.
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Defence date: 8 June 2016Examining Board: Professor Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute; Professor Anna Triandafyllidou, European University Institute, RSCAS; Professor Sandra Lavenex, Université de Genève; Professor Hein de Haas, University of Amsterdam.
In EU migration studies, sending and transit states' compliance with destination states' migration control policies is often explained as the result of the EU and the member states successfully wielding pressure and persuasive bargaining power. This thesis argues that sending and transit states do not cooperate because they are persuaded to do so by the superior power and are subject to pressure exercised by the EU member state, but because of a long bargaining process between the two countries in which bilateral, multilateral, geopolitical factors and bargaining strategies all play an important role. Migration control cooperation cannot be understood by just analyzing the relations between the EU and its neighbourhood countries, but instead needs to be analyzed in the terms of bilateral relations and the influence of linkages, interdependence relations and embedded processes between EU members and neighbour states. Moreover, by examining the terms and factors of migration control cooperation between such pairs of states, I demonstrate how the latter can enhance their bargaining position by cooperating strategically and conditionally. Through an in-depth analysis of over twenty-five years of the Spanish-Moroccan migration control cooperation I explain the reasons of Moroccan (non-) cooperation over certain periods of times, geographical areas and measures, as well as the structure of the terms of their collaboration. The findings prove that Morocco has instrumentalized migration in order to obtain bargaining power. In other words, through migration control cooperation Morocco has gained power in economic, political, diplomatic, and regional terms. By applying a strategic conditional cooperation on migration control, refusing to implement certain migration control tasks, using the interdependence framework in its favour, taking advantage of the international context and implementing a successful bargaining strategy, Morocco has over the years become a key partner for Spain and the EU with a strong and privileged bargaining position in the North-African, Mediterranean and international arenas.
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"Correlates of anti-immigrant prejudice in 1990s Spain." Tulane University, 2009.
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This dissertation examines the correlates of negative attitudes immigrant groups and one native ethnic group (i.e. the Roma/Gypsies) in mid 1990s Spain, a period when the country, previously a mass emigration source, was rapidly growing into a major immigration destination. The main theoretical approach is group threat, according to which natives would be more likely to express negative attitudes to outsiders if those outsiders are threatening or are perceived to threaten the status quo, i.e. the dominant position of the native group. I also examine the effect of aggregate-level variables, such as regional GDP per capita on individual-level attitudes. I dwell on regional level aggregate variables because all 17 regions enjoy a high degree of autonomy within Spain under the constitution put in place in 1978 I use the concept of social distance to examine the correlates of Spaniards' attitudes to five immigrant groups (North Africans, South Americans, Asians, East Europeans and Black Africans) and one ethnic group, the Roma/Gypsies. I find little support for the group threat theory, but do find support for the contact hypothesis and for a cohort effect. Respondents who had a long conversation with the members of the minority group tend to express less negative attitudes toward these groups. Respondents from the cohorts that reached adulthood after 1975 tend to express more positive attitudes to these outgroups than respondents from older cohorts The dissertation goes on to analyze the correlates of negative attitudes to immigrants from developing and developed nations, respectively. OLS regression analysis suggests that personal contact and cohort matter for these attitudes as well, and that changes in an aggregate measure of prosperity (regional-level GDP per capita) also correlate, albeit not strongly, with attitudes in the expected direction (i.e. respondents from regions with smaller increases in aggregate prosperity tend to express more negative attitudes) One surprising finding throughout is that education level does not correlate with attitudes once other variables are controlled for. The dissertation concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the data and analysis and suggested directions for future researchacase@tulane.edu
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BARBULESCU, Roxana. "The politics of immigrant integration in post-enlargement Europe migrants : co-ethnics and European citizens in Italy and Spain." Doctoral thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/28027.
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Defence date: 11 June 2013Examining Board: Professor Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute (EUI Supervisor) Professor Kitty C. Calavita, University of California, Irvine Professor Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield Professor Claire Kilpatrick, European University Institute.
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In migration studies, it is taken for granted that states do not only attempt to control overall numbers of immigrants, but also establish different regulatory regimes for refugees, labour migrants, family reunification, co-ethnics and many other categories of migrants. In studies of immigrant integration, however, most analyses have assumed that each state pursues a single and coherent national approach. The aim of this dissertation is to challenge this assumption by examining how states pursue integration differently for different categories of migrants in post-enlargement Europe. In addition to third country nationals I consider also migrants who have a special cultural and historical bond with their host countries, such as emigrants and descendants of emigrants or migrants from the former colonies (co-ethnics), as well as European Union citizens from old and new member states. The dissertation builds on empirical evidence collected from 1985 to 2012 at national, regional and city levels in two new countries of immigration in Western Europe: Italy and Spain. The first main finding is that both Italy and Spain chose to distance themselves from the integration policies of the more traditional countries of immigration in Europe, which they classify as failures. Instead, the new immigration countries searched for their "own" integration strategy, which they consider a token of sovereignty just as much as immigration control. Secondly, both states have introduced different integration policies and integration requirements for different categories of migrants. Rather than pursuing only one integration strategy, the states examined use their resources and abilities to simultaneously pursue different integration strategies for European citizens, co-ethnics and third country nationals. These strategies range from less to more restrictive (from laissez-faire to mandatory, sanction-based policies, such as the Italian integration agreement and language test). European Union citizens enjoy many rights in when residing in other member states without being included in their integration programmes, while third country nationals enjoy far fewer rights which they risk to lose if they do not comply with demanding integration programmes. Co-ethnics in turn are included in integration programmes but have more rights than other third country nationals and, in some areas such as access to citizenship and enrolment in the army, they have even more rights than European citizens. Finally, this dissertation finds a negative correlation between immigrants' social class in the host society and their rights and integration requirements: the lower the socio-economic position of the immigrant group, the fewer its rights and the more demanding the integration requirements it faces.
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Viegas, Isvânia Coelho. "Relatório de Estágio na Associação SPIN para o Intercâmbio, Formação e Cooperação entre os Povos." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/29839.
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Este relatório constitui o resultado do estágio de 6 meses na Associação Spin para o Intercâmbio, Formação e Cooperação entre os Povos. Durante o período de estágio colaborou-se num projecto intitulado “We are all Equal”, que será o tema de desenvolvimento deste relatório, o projecto é co-financiado pela União Europeia através do programa “Europa Para os Cidadãos”, e tem como objectivo o combate a práticas discriminatórias para com os imigrantes na Europa. Desta forma, este relatório trata de questões de integração de imigrantes e de discriminação para com os imigrantes nos países de acolhimento. Compreende uma análise da migração na União Europeia e em Portugal, a apresentação dos objectivos do projecto, bem como a descrição das principais actividades desenvolvidas no âmbito do mesmo.
Por outro lado, tendo em conta um dos principais propósitos da Associação Spin, a realização de programas de mobilidade internacionais para jovens, este relatório também incluí a descrição das principais tarefas executadas no período de estágio com a finalidade de divulgar as oportunidades europeias de mobilidade, bem como a caracterização da instituição de acolhimento.This report is the result of a six-month internship realized at Spin Association for the Exchange, Training and Cooperation among People. During the internship period, the focus was on the participation and collaboration in the project “We are all Equal”, which will be the development theme area for this report, the project is co-financed by the European Union through “Europe for Citizens” programme, and aims to combat discrimination practices against immigrants in Europe. In this way, this report intends to expose issues of immigrant integration and discrimination against immigrants in host countries. It contains a migration analysis in both the European Union and Portugal, a description of the project objectives, as well as a description of the main activities carried out during the project. In addition, according to the main purposes of the Spin Association, the implementation of international mobility programmes for young people, this report also includes a description of the main duties executed during the training period in order to disseminate European mobility opportunities, as well as the characterization of the host institution.