Citizenship in Action? A Case Study of Polish Migrant Women Moving between Poland and the UK

• Authors: Ewa Duda-Mikulin

Abstracts

EN

Migration from the new European Union (EU) Member States to the United Kingdom (UK) has been identified as one of the most significant social phenomena of recent times and Accession 8 (A8) migration to the UK has been studied extensively particularly since 2004. Even though gendered studies of migration are now attaining recognition, there is limited literature in relation to Polish migrant women. What is more, there is now much evidence to support the view that migrant women constitute a large proportion of international migrants. In fact, when considering migration within the European context, migrant women now outnumber their male counterparts. Drawing on a review of secondary literature and preliminary findings from new fieldwork research undertaken in Poland and the UK in 2012, this paper explores how Polish migrant women exercise their rights as EU citizens to better their own and their families’ wellbeing. As the consequence of their newly acquired rights as EU citizens, Polish migrant women appear to be active agents who make use of the resources and opportunities that migration offers. It is concluded that migration within the EU presents positive opportunities for Polish migrant women to actively engage with and exercise national and EU citizenship rights.

Keywords

EN

citizenship; EU; migrant women; Poland; UK; welfare

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Kultura i Edukacja
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 6(99)
• Pages: 205-224

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Ewa Duda-Mikulin

• University of Salford

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/kie.2013.06.11

Biblioteka Nauki

25806596