Essays about: "Attitude towards migrants"

Found 5 essays containing the words Attitude towards migrants.

  1. 1. Freedom seekers in paradise - Investigating the relationship between Swedish remote workers in Lisbon and the local population

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Adam Bergman; [2023]
    Keywords : Lifestyle Migration; Digital Nomads; Expats; Remote work; Gentrification; Lisbon; Portugal; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this research study, which has focused on Swedish lifestyle migrants in Lisbon (Portugal), the attitude towards the phenomenon of lifestyle migration has been investigated more deeply. Lifestyle migration is an academic concept that describes the people who are relatively privileged and who move to a cheaper country to improve their quality of life. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Unsettlement of the Greek Property Regime and the Emergence of Vigilant Violence in Thessaloniki’s West End

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Nikolaos Vrantsis; [2021]
    Keywords : Housing; Housing System; Property Regime; Loïc Wacquant; Pierre Bourdieu; Social Space; Symbolic Power; Field of power; Thessaloniki; Ksiladika; Vigilance; Vigilant violence; Neoliberalism
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    Abstract : The thesis inquires into the entanglement between the unsettlement of the Greek model of social reproduction that heavily relies on self-regulated property ownership and the emergence of vigilant violence on behalf of local property owners against undocumented migrants in the relegated neighborhood of Ksiladika in Thessaloniki’s West End. It probes the extent to which incidents of vigilant violence can be used as indicators of the structural deficiencies in the Greek housing system and property paradigm. READ MORE

  4. 3. Energy Access for the Most Vulnerable Groups : A Study on the Long-Term Effects of Energy Access in a Refugee Camp Context with Inclusion of the Host Community

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Marie Stjernquist Desatnik; [2019]
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    Abstract : The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals to end poverty and ensure the right to development for everyone. Previous research has found that 2/3 of the goals partly depend their success upon whether SDG 7 Ensure access to sustainable, affordable and modern energy for all is achieved or not. READ MORE

  5. 4. Migrants' Destination Choice: The Effect of Education

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Kristina Warg; Moa Bylund; [2016]
    Keywords : High-Skilled Migration; Human Capital; Selective Immgration; International migration;

    Abstract : The excess demand of highly educated workers stands in contrast to the disproportional representation of low skilled workers in unemployment rates. Skill-level compositions of immigrant flows play a pivotal role in stimulating investments and economic growth. READ MORE

  6. 5. CHINESE MIGRATION TO ROMANIA: THE PAST COUNTS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ciprian Radavoi; [2008]
    Keywords : China; Romania; international migration; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : One of the defining features of the post-Cold War era is the growth of international migration in all areas of the world, especially in Europe, where the lift of the Iron Curtain created needs and opportunities as far as immigrants are concerned. Although a beneficial process in itself, the growth of migration to Europe was frequently a cause of various forms of conflict, which in the social science was explained by the theory of immigrant phobia. READ MORE