Title   The role of diaspora in portuguese foreign policy
Author  Tatiana Eugénia Fernandes Simões
Advisor  José António de Passos Palmeira
Year  2020
Institution School of Business and Manegement, University of Minho  
Degree  Masters
Area  International Relations
Keywords  Migration, Portuguese communities, Portuguese foreign policy, Transnationalism
URI https://hdl.handle.net/1822/64726

Abstract

Portuguese Foreign Policy since the beginning of its democracy was deeply influenced by three main vectors: european, atlanticist and lusophone. However, its execution goes beyond these priorities. To those, it is added the Portuguese Communities which represent 1/3 of Portuguese population, and they are depicted as an extensive, disperse and heterogeneous Diaspora. Even though it is an unprecedented introduction, it is not a novelty when it comes to Portuguese Foreign Policy, since emigration is a transversal phenomenon to several periods of Portuguese History, and it is still a contemporaneous thing. Through this dissertation, the relationship between Diaspora and its home country, Portugal, will be analyzed. It is also intended to understand its role in the Portuguese Foreign Policy, and to what extent Portugal seizes its Communities living abroad.