Political Integration of the Vietnamese Diaspora in Poland: An Investigation of the Role of Social Capital

This study concerns the political integration of the Vietnamese in Poland, one of the largest nonEuropean immigrant communities with a very long presence in the country. The central analysis is devoted to investigating the role of bonding and bridging social capital produced by involvement in (forma...

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Published inPolish sociological review no. 225; pp. 83 - 104
Main Author An, Nguyen Hũu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne (Polish Sociological Association) 01.01.2024
Subjects
Adaptation
Diaspora
Host country
Immigrants
Migration
Participation
Political behavior
Political integration
Political participation
Political systems
Politics
Research methodology
Respondents
Social capital
Social networks
Society
Poland
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Summary:This study concerns the political integration of the Vietnamese in Poland, one of the largest nonEuropean immigrant communities with a very long presence in the country. The central analysis is devoted to investigating the role of bonding and bridging social capital produced by involvement in (formal and informal) social networks in the political integration of the migrant group, empirically observed through political engagement in Polish society. The study employs the mixed research method, utilizing quantitative data from an original survey with 347 respondents and qualitative data from 15 semi-structured interviews for analyses. The results show that the effects of social capital on political integration vary across types of social networks and forms of engagement in host politics. Notably, bonding rather than bridging social capital is a prominent driver of the political engagement of the Vietnamese in Polish society.
ISSN:1231-1413
2657-4276
DOI:10.26412/psr225.05