https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:14:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/crisis-and-the-resurgence-of-emigration-from-greece-trends-representations-and-the-multiplicity-of-migrant-trajectories-in-brigit-glorius-and-josefina-dominguez-mujica-eds-european-mob/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:51 +0000 http://arc.local/items/crisis-and-the-resurgence-of-emigration-from-greece-trends-representations-and-the-multiplicity-of-migrant-trajectories-in-brigit-glorius-and-josefina-dominguez-mujica-eds-european-mob/ Continued]]> In the context and conjuncture of the crisis affecting the Eurozone as whole, yet shaking mostly its “weakest links”, rising unemployment and steep decreases in salaries and welfare allowances are cited as push factors contributing to what is seen as the emergence of a new emigration wave from Southern Europe. This is especially true for Greece, the country which has been hit hardest by the crisis, recession and austerity, and their social and political consequences. In Greece, there is extended media coverage of this new emigration, which is presented as an one-way option for certain population segments, notably the young and the highly skilled, and hence a drain of the most dynamic part of the country’s labour force. Despite this media attention, however, little is known about the current intensification of emigration from Greece and its characteristics, as well as the experiences of the country’s new “crisis migrants”. This paper aims to partly fill in this gap. It begins by sketching the broad picture and identifying key trends, before moving on to explore key issues in the emerging public discourse. It then zooms into the case of recent Greek migrants to the Netherlands, providing a typology of different mobility trajectories and migration experiences. Through this, we intend to deconstruct a number of conventional assumptions. Firstly, by situating new Greek emigration in a historical continuum, whereby its structural preconditions predated the crisis. Secondly, by identifying the qualitative dimensions of rupture through which the intra-EU mobility from Greece has undergone a shift from a career choice to one largely motivated by necessity. Finally, by highlighting those aspects that problematize idealistic perceptions of life

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/crisis-brain-drain-short-term-pain-long-term-gain/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:50 +0000 http://arc.local/items/crisis-brain-drain-short-term-pain-long-term-gain/ Continued]]> The emigration of professionals from Greece is a phenomenon that predates the current crisis. It is historically attributed to the low demand for highly skilled work in the Greek labour market and to related structural malfunctions of the Greek productive model of the past decades. Yet it is during the past few years that it has acquired alarming dimensions. In this chapter we explore the magnitude, dynamics and impacts of the phenomenon at times of crisis, recession and austerity. We further provide evidence on the aspirations and experiences of the emigrants themselves based on which we propose policies that could be implemented to alleviate its negative consequences.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/greeces-new-emigration-at-times-of-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:42 +0000 http://arc.local/items/greeces-new-emigration-at-times-of-crisis/ Continued]]> Although considerable research is being carried out on the phenomenon of immigration to Greece, there is a notable lack of scientific attention on the recent resurgence of emigration at times of recession and austerity. Aiming to partly fill in this gap, this paper contextualizes the recent resurgence of emigration within Greece’s changing and complexifying migratory landscape. In so doing, and drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, the paper describes the magnitude, dynamics and main destinations of the current crisis-driven emigration and outlines its demographics makeup. It further provides evidence on the multiplicity of migration trajectories and discusses the prospect of return and the potential of the development of transnational economic ties between Greece and its highly skilled emigrants.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/resistance-and-compliance-in-immigrant-native-figurations-albanian-and-soviet-greek-immigrants-and-their-interaction-with-greek-society/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:29 +0000 http://arc.local/items/resistance-and-compliance-in-immigrant-native-figurations-albanian-and-soviet-greek-immigrants-and-their-interaction-with-greek-society/ Continued]]> Focusing on two immigrant populations and their relationships with their native neighbours in Thessaloniki, Greece, this paper highlights that immigrant–native relations are not only cultural relations but also power configurations unfolding through a symbolic contestation over defining the nation and who belongs to it. In everyday interaction, immigrants’ behaviour is judged by natives according to the degree of their compliance to the native norms. Immigrant categories are endowed with different resources in resisting the pressure exerted by the native society. Categories that have more resources in symbolic and substantial terms are less eager to comply, thus appearing more ‘different’ in the eyes of the natives.

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