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The Impact of Migration on Poland - EU Mobility and Social Change - cover

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The Impact of Migration on Poland - EU Mobility and Social Change

Anne White, Izabela Grabowska, Pawel Kaczmarczyk, Krystyna Slany

Publisher: UCL Press

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Summary

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. 
Praise for The Impact of Migration on Poland 
'Possesses a great scholarly and didactical value. It encourages the reader to reflect on and exercise research problems described within and exercise critical judgment, which is at the core of an academic education. Both academic teachers and students of specific disciplines, such as sociology, geography, economics, and anyone interested in the issues and the effects of intra-EU mobility, can turn to this book.'Migration and Society 
'Overall... I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, which has made clear contributions to migration theory and literature, and would recommend it to anyone interested in international migration and Central and Eastern Europe.’International Migration Review
Available since: 09/10/2018.

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