Motives for Civic Integration: Polish Immigrants in Iceland

• Authors: Monika Nowicka

Abstracts

The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the reasons why Polish immigrants in Iceland want to apply for Icelandic citizenship. As a result of the analysis, four main motivations for adopting Icelandic citizenship were distinguished: 1) the possibility of visa-free travel to the USA; 2) applying for citizenship "just in case"; 3) obtaining rights that only the Icelanders have and 4) the ability to decide about the fate of the community in which immigrants live. The analysis is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews carried out in Iceland in 2014.

Keywords

EN

civic integration; naturalization; Iceland; citizenship; immigrants

• Publisher: Collegium Civitas
• Journal: Zoon Politikon
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 9 Special Issue
• Pages: 112-132

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Monika Nowicka

• Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.006.10062

Biblioteka Nauki

561401