Pragmatism and Non-national Perception of Homeland by Younger Generations of Slovenian Emigrants

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ID18969668
AuthorsGorazd Kovačič (Filozofska fakulteta , Univerza v Ljubljani , Aškerčeva 2 , Ljubljana, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume87
Issue87
Pages107-126
Publication date2021-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTreatises and Documents Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo Revija za narodnostna vprašanja (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0354-0286 • E-ISSN: 1854-5181
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.36144/rig87.dec21.107-126
OpenAlexW4391386151
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

The article researches the subjective perception of migration, the reasons for emigration and the conditions for return, and the perception of homeland by recent emigrants from Slovenia. Since the 2008–2015 economic crisis, there has been a strong stream of net emigration and brain drain from Slovenia. By means of semi-structured interviews with recent emigrants, we found out that their prevailing reasons for migration were economic, their view of the selected location pragmatic, and their subjective perception of homeland mostly reduced to the narrow social network and world of everyday life. Only a smaller part of the interviewees identifies itself with Slovenia as an organised cultural and political space. Therefore, under the condition of the free movement of labour within the EU and a semi-peripheral position of the Slovene economy, new waves of net emigration from Slovenia can be expected in the future, especially in periods of economic crises

Economics · Economy · Emigration · Homeland · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Regional Development and Management Studies · Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

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