%0 Journal Article %T Defining lifestyle migration %A Kate Torkington %J dos Algarves %D 2010 %I %X This paper seeks to provide a conceptual framework for studying migration to the Algarve by Northern Europeans. ¡®Lifestyle migration¡¯ is suggested as a generic term for this trend, which is part of a recent but flourishing global social phenomenon. I also point to the glaring gap in the literature as far as empirical studies based in the Algarve are concerned, and make suggestions for a research agenda. %K Lifestyle migration %K Northern Europeans %K Algarve %U http://www.dosalgarves.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=4&Itemid=61&lang=pt&numrev=19