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UEBEL, Roberto. O uso das escalas geográficas no estudo do processo de imigração contemporânea no Brasil. GOT [online]. 2014, n.5, pp.259-276. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2014.5.011.

This article broaches the issue of the use of geographical scales as a method of research and approach of the contemporary immigration process in Brazil in light of the usages of the territory by groups of immigrants that arrived in Brazil since the last decades of 20^th century and consolidated in socioeconomic strategic regions of the country. Then, the use of these scales allows the interpretation of power relations and political, social and economic relations that support the action and consolidation of great migratory flows not only toward south-south, but also in a new phenomena that is being observed in relation to north-south, of immigrants from countries as Haiti and Taiwan, for instance, and intrigues researchers from geographic science in the beginning of the new century with the possibilities and challenges from immigration.

Palabras clave : Immigration; Scales; Territory; Contemporaneity; Brazil.

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