http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33114 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:30:19 GMT 2026-04-19T08:30:19Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33150 Título próprio: [Editorial] Critically examining international migration Autoria: Góis, P.; Oliveira, N.; Gaspar, S. Resumo: In this Editorial to the Special Issue, Góis, Oliveira and Gaspar offer a critical exploration of international migration, particularly in the Portuguese context. They challenge traditional perspectives, arguing that simplistic dichotomies are inadequate to understand the complexities of migration and integration. The authors delve into Portugal’s changing migration landscape, advocating for an appreciation of the diverse motivations and experiences of migrants. Emphasizing the need for inclusive, multicultural policies, the article highlights the importance of recognizing the heterogeneity within migrant communities. Central to the discussion is the interplay between knowledge, politics and migration policies. The authors analyse the influence of institutions in shaping public perception and policy formulation, stressing the need for a nuanced approach in migration studies. The challenges in measuring immigrant integration are addressed, with a focus on the multifaceted nature of integration within sociology. The article also tackles the complexities of racial categorization in the context of migration, emphasizing the fluidity of identities and calls for more inclusive approaches to understanding racial dynamics. Through its critical examination of migration phenomena, the article aims to enhance understanding and inform the development of more effective and inclusive migration policies. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33150 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33149 Título próprio: [Editorial] The Portuguese Rainbow: LGBTQI+ Rights and Experiences Autoria: Saleiro, S. P. Resumo: Portugal has made a remarkable progress in promoting the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) people since the turn of the century. However, the knowledge produced in social science on the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in Portugal demonstrate the shortcomings and challenges of the transition from legal rights to lived experience. This issue is built around the rights as they relate to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sexual characteristics and to the experiences of LGBTQI+ people in Portugal, contextualized at the European and international level. The issue includes articles that, taken as a whole, provide domestic and international reader’s critical knowledge about the LGBTQI+ community and lives in Portugal by the hand of some of the country’s leading scholars in this area. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33149 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33148 Título próprio: [Editorial] Descendants of immigrants in Portugal Autoria: Gaspar, S. Resumo: Over the last two decades, Portugal has definitely been established as an immigration country, receiving different national groups from both traditional origin (Africa, Brazil) and new origin countries (Ukraine, Russia, China). First generation migrants, once their situation had settled and been legalized, started to build their families or to ask for reunification with those family members they had left behind. This social reality increased the presence of those children who had been born abroad and who had arrived in Portugal in late childhood or early adolescence (1.5 generation), and of those who had actually been born in Portugal (second generation). In the space of a few years, descendants of immigrants became part of Portuguese society, intervening in different structural sectors and boosting new inter- and intra-ethnic social, professional and cultural bonds. In fact, in 2017, from a total of 86,154 newborns in Portugal, 9.6 per cent of them were from foreigner mothers (INE, Pordata 2018), accounting for the growing visibility of this social group in Portugal. Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33148 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33135 Título próprio: [Introduction] Elites, single parties and political decision making in Southern European dictatorships: The Salazar, Franco and Mussolini regimes Autoria: Pinto, A. Resumo: Awareness of the interaction between the single party, the government, the State apparatus and civil society appears fundamental if we are to achieve an understanding of the different ways in which the various dictatorships of the fascist era functioned. The party and its ancillary organisations were not simply parallel institutions: they attempted to gain control of the bureaucracy and select the governing elite – forcing some dictatorships towards an unstable equilibrium in the process, even while they were the central agents for the creation and maintenance of the leader’s charismatic authority. These articles focus on an analysis of the gradations of these tensions, that may be illustrated by the eventual emergence of a weaker or stronger ‘dualism of power’ that appears to be the determining factor in explanations for the typological and classificatory variations used to qualify those dictatorships that have been historically associated with fascism and which have been variously defined as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘totalitarian’, or as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘fascist’. It is in this perspective that we will study three dictatorships that have each been associated with European fascism: Portuguese Salazarism, Spanish Francoism and Italian Fascism. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33135 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z