The impact of migration on Poland : EU mobility and social change

• Main Authors: White, Anne, Grabowska, Izabela, Kaczmarczyk, Paweł, Slany, Krystyna
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London UCL Press 2018; University College London
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Anthropology; Emigration & Immigration; EU Mobility; Europe; Globalization; History; History and Archaeology; History: specific events and topics; Interdisciplinary studies; Interest qualifiers; Migration; Migration, immigration and emigration; Poland; Poland > Emigration and immigration; Poland > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects; Poland > Social conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Political science and theory; Politics and government; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples; Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people; Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests; Return migration; Return migration > Poland; Social and cultural anthropology; Social and cultural history; Social and ethical issues; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Social theory; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sociology: work and labour
• ISBN: 1787350711; 9781787350717; 9781787350670; 1787350703; 9781787350694; 9781787350663; 9781787350700; 1787350673; 1787350665; 178735069X
• DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787350687

How has the international mobility of Polish citizens intertwined with other influences to shape society, culture, politics and economics in contemporary Poland? The Impact of Migration on Poland offers a new approach for understanding how migration affects sending countries, and provides a wide-ranging analysis of how Poland has changed, and continues to change, since EU accession in 2004. The authors explore an array of social trends and their causes before using in-depth interview data to illustrate how migration contributes to those causes. They address fundamental questions about whether and how Polish society is becoming more equal and more cosmopolitan, arguing that for particular segments of society migration does make a difference, and can be seen as both leveller and eye-opener. While the book focuses mainly on stayers in Poland, and their multiple contacts with Poles in other countries, Chapter 9 analyses ‘Polish society abroad’, a more accurate concept than ‘community’ in countries like the UK, and Chapter 10 considers impacts of immigration to Poland. The book is written in a lively and accessible style, and will be important reading for anyone interested in the influence of migration on society, as well as students and scholars researching EU mobility, migration theory and methodology, and issues facing contemporary Europe.