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Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation

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Fitzgerald I., Smoczynski R.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2015

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vol. 51

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issue 3

339-362

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This article examines British societal reactions to Polish migrant workers using a framework that combines recent developments of the moral panic concept informed by the sociology of moral regulation and risk governance studies. Given the multi-mediated nature of contemporary moral panics and in contrast to conventional analysis focusing on newspaper coverage this article is based on Polish migrants’ self-reported experiences. Moral panic claims making about Polish workers ‘taking British jobs’ and ‘abusing British social benefits’ are perceived by the respondents themselves. Our analysis is in line with Sean Hier’s conceptualisations of the interplay between individualised risk management and moral panic claims-making, which are manifestations of conflictual sites of the contemporary neo-liberal project of prudentialism. The article argues that the anti-Polish migrant campaign in Britain after 2004, which dramatised Polish migrants as ‘stealing the jobs’ of the native population, cannot be properly analysed as an irrational ethnic bias or an elite-engineering panic but is rather an expression of the destabilising effects of employment insecurities within Western risk societies.

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Polish Migrants in Ireland and Their Political (Dis)engagement in Transnational Space

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Salamońska J., Lesińska M., Kloc-Nowak W.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2021

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vol. 10

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issue 2

49-69

EN

Ireland has become one of the main destination countries for Polish migrants after Poland’s EU accession in 2004. While much of the literature on Polish migration to Ireland post-2004 focuses on its labour-market element, in this paper we analyse the political participation of Polish migrants. We utilise data from a survey conducted by the Centre of Migration Research (University of Warsaw) with Polish migrants in Ireland which documents low levels of political engagement as measured by voting turnout in Polish presidential and parliamentary elections as well as the Irish local elections and elections to the European Parliament.A lack of knowledge about political participation rights or how to engage in voting is one explanation for the low levels of voting, especially in Irish local and European parliamentiary elections. Another explanation may be the attitude that migrants have towards the political system and how they can influence it. Polish migrants predominantly report that they have no or little influence on politics in Poland and have relatively less trust in the authorities and politicians there (compared to Ireland). The key individual-level characteristic affecting Polish migrant respondents’ electoral participation in Ireland is their (lack of) voting habit formed before migration.

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‘If I Get Ill, It’s onto the Plane, and off to Poland.’ Use of Health Care Services by Polish Migrants in London

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Osipovič D.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 2

98-114

EN

This paper explores a range of health care seeking actions adopted by Polish migrants living in London. It is based on the in-depth interviews with 62 Polish migrants who resided in London in 2007 and 2008. The study reflects experiences of a diverse group of participants encompassing individuals of different ages, family circumstances and employment statuses. It uncovered a number of actions such as avoiding contact with any health services, self-medication, utilising Polish private doctors in London, and accessing public health services in Poland and London. These services and strategies were often used successively, concurrently or interchangeably depending on individual’s assessment of their situation and circumstances at the time of experiencing a particular medical need. The research uncovered a prominence of transnational health care seeking practices as most participants continued to access at least some form of health care in Poland. It also noted the impact of the length of stay, knowledge of English and labour market position on patterns of health care use. Engagement with the British National Health Service (NHS) was characterised initially by lack of knowledge of the system resulting in meandering between different institutions. There was also a sense of cultural unease and mismatch of expectations characterising doctor-patient encounters. However, the pathways of access and attitudes towards the NHS began to change as migrants learned their way through the English health care system. This underlines an importance of taking into account a longitudinal dimension in studies of migrant health care seeking behaviour.

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Zostać czy wracać? Metaforycznie o reemigracji Polaków po Brexicie

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Fel S., Kozak J., Wódka M.

Polityka i Społeczeństwo

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2020

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vol. 18

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issue 3

80-96

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Poles represent one of the largest groups of economic immigrants to the UK. As a result of Brexit, many of them have redefined their migration scenarios, which has affected the economy and some areas of social and cultural life in the UK. This paper presents the results of our original quantitative study conducted in the autumn of 2019 on a sample of 620 Polish respondents living in three locations in England – London, Oxford, and Swindon. The study addresses the question Do Polish migrants intend to return to Poland, and if they do, when? and examines to what extent this decision is influenced by the length of their stay in England, by their financial situation, by their knowledge of English, by their ability to assimilate culturally, by how much they miss their family, by homesickness, and by their craving for Polish culture. The article follows the typology of attitudes adopted by Poles towards Brexit, as identified by Agnieszka Trąbka and Paulina Pustułka.

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PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

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Ryndyk O.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(3)

17-34

PL

Being the biggest ethnic minority group in Norway, Poles not only dominate in the labourimmigration, but also rank first on the list of family immigration to the country. Atthe same time, the lack of research on parenting and gender roles among intra-Europeanmigrant families may reflect that the Polish migrant families, who have migrated to WesternEurope after 2004, are culturally assumed to be more similar to the host countries’populations. This article therefore aims at filling that gap by exploring the Polish migrantfathers’ conceptualisations of fatherhood and manhood in the migratory context. Thisarticle scrutinises the ways Polish migrant fathers interpret the perceived changes in theirparenting styles and practices after the emigration from Poland and settling with theirfamilies in Norway. It identifies and discusses three main theoretical categories, developedwith the content analysis method: encountering work-life balance, re-evaluating familylife, child and parenting, and reconquering manhood.

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RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

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Ryndyk O.

Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica

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2016

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vol. 17(3)

17-34

EN

Being the biggest ethnic minority group in Norway, Poles not only dominate in the labourimmigration, but also rank first on the list of family immigration to the country. Atthe same time, the lack of research on parenting and gender roles among intra-Europeanmigrant families may reflect that the Polish migrant families, who have migrated to WesternEurope after 2004, are culturally assumed to be more similar to the host countries’populations. This article therefore aims at filling that gap by exploring the Polish migrantfathers’ conceptualisations of fatherhood and manhood in the migratory context. Thisarticle scrutinises the ways Polish migrant fathers interpret the perceived changes in theirparenting styles and practices after the emigration from Poland and settling with theirfamilies in Norway. It identifies and discusses three main theoretical categories, developedwith the content analysis method: encountering work-life balance, re-evaluating familylife, child and parenting, and reconquering manhood.

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The Language-Based Recruitment of Migrants to Online Surveys with Facebook Advertisements: A Comparative Assessment from Three Geographical Contexts

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Ryndyk O.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2021

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vol. 10

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issue 2

131-149

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A handful of studies have used Facebook’s advertisement platform – Facebook Ads Manager – to recruit migrants to online surveys. The main challenge facing migration scholars in designing effective advertisements has been to identify and accurately target migrants on Facebook. Researchers have used proxies, such as users’ previous residence abroad, language(s) or interests, to infer their migration status. Despite some progress, there remains a need to better document and reflect critically on the accuracy of targeting migrants using such proxies. Contrary to studies which relied on users’ previous residence abroad, this study used migrants’ language (Polish) to target and recruit survey participants from among Polish migrants in Norway, Sweden and the UK. Focusing on a single migrant group across three countries, the goal of this article is to assess the accuracy of a targeting strategy which relied primarily on users’ command of a language as an indicator of their migration background. Comparing the results against official migration statistics and the results reported in similar studies, the article provides a compelling case for researchers to prioritise users’ language, rather than previous residence abroad, as the proxy for migration background for migrants whose language, such as Polish, is confined to the borders of a single nation state.

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‘White Dress, Guests and Presents’: Polish Migrant Families’ Practice of First Communion and Negotiation of Catholic Identities in Wales

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Kaczmarek-Day A.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2018

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vol. 7

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issue 2

165-183

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This article examines how migration to Wales modifies Polish Catholic families’ religious practices. It focuses on how the First Communion ceremony is performed. Within the Polish migrant community I witnessed three distinct ways of arranging this. Some families travelled to Poland to their parish churches of origin. Of those who celebrated it in Wales, some did so in a Polish church, others in their children’s Catholic school’s church. These choices had different effects. Holding First Communion in Poland confirmed children’s Polish identity and home-country bonds. It exemplified both the fluidity of the families’ intra-European migration experience and the strength of transnational networking. Holding it in the local Polish parish reinforced both families’ and childrens’ identification as Polish Catholics. In the school’s church, it strengthened migrant families’ negotiations of belonging and their children’s integration into the Welsh locality. Mothers’ active involvement in all settings led some to contest Polish religious customs and revealed emerging identifications related to children’s wellbeing and belonging. Unlike arrangements traditional in Poland, families’ religious practices in Wales seem to have become more individual, less collective.

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Szkolnictwo a „sprawa migrancka”: percepcje angielskiego a polskiego systemu edukacyjnego i ich wpływ na decyzje migracyjne

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Trevena P.

Studia BAS

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2014

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issue 4(40)

105-133

EN

The paper offers an insight into Polish migrants’ perceptions of the English education system and how these may impact on their future migration decisions. The study is based on interviews with Polish parents living in England. First, the author discusses the English education system and explains how disparate it is from the Polish one. Next, Polish migrants’ perceptions of the English education system are discussed. The Polish system is described as promoting higher academic standards, more discipline and a stronger work ethic. In the final section, the author argues that differences between the two systems complicate the issue of prospective return, with many parents fearing their children would not be able to (re‑) enter the Polish education system. Therefore, to Polish parents living in England schooling is a significant factor in making decisions regarding settlement in the UK.

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Inactive at Home – Inactive Abroad: Civic Participation of Polish Migrants

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Nowosielski M., Cichocki P.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2023

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issue 2(249)

61-79

EN

This paper examines the patterns of civic participation among Polish migrants in nine European countries. The study is based on an internet survey (with 5000 respondents) and qualitative research with activists and experts. The paper serves two principal research goals: (1) exploring formal civic participation in NGOs of the country of residence among the post-2004 Polish migrants, and (2) establishing the principal predictors of Polish migrants’ involvement in the host-country NGOs. Our research leads to two principal conclusions. Firstly, the level of civic activity before migration constitutes a crucial factor in predicting the propensity to engage with host-country NGOs after migration. Our results suggest a robust country-of-origin effect on the patterns of civic engagement abroad. Secondly, however, the likelihood of civic participation grows with time, i.e., the higher the length of stay, the higher the propensity to participate, suggesting the socialization process towards the host-country civic norms and away from the country-of-origin legacy.

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Care Issues in the Transnational Families. A Polish Research Review

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Krzyżowski Ł., Slany K., Ślusarczyk M.

Polish Sociological Review

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2017

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vol. 199

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issue 3

367-386

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Polish culture is strongly linked to both nuclear family and family networks, which are believed to safeguard stability and sense of security for individuals and communities. The migrations of young Polish men and women, which often scope to entire families, significantly alter the fundamentals of the above guarantees. The migration of Polish youth changes social expectations, possibilities of a family existing in an unchanged form, as well as provisions of care to those who need it, primarily children and elderly members of the kinship structure. For families affected by temporary migrations and experiencing increasingly settlement-oriented mobility, being “on the move” becomes “a way of life,” in which periods of “togetherness” are intertwined with much longer phases of separation. The practices and strategies employed by migrants in the hopes of overcoming the aforementioned challenges require thorough analysis. Therefore, a main goal of our article is to focus on multi-dimensional consequences of migration that pertain to the changes of ties and relationships in families, as well as the organization of child and elderly care.

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Rethinking the Role of the Intelligentsia Habitus in the Case of Polish Workers in the North of England

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Smoczyński R.

Polish Sociological Review

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2018

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vol. 203

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issue 3

378-392

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This article considers upward mobility of UK Polish migrant workers by introducing a Bourdieusian habitus perspective. Drawing mainly on the interview data it was inquired whether the intelligentsia habitus understood as an example of embodied or learned “social expectations” concerning the position in the social hierarchy provides Polish migrants the motivational scripts for learning and innovating in the labour market. It was found that the intelligentsia habitus can legitimize successful jobs seeking strategies of some respondents. However, this paper also notes that a significant number of analysed respondents were unable to mobilize cultural capital resources and remained in a vicious circle of long hours of monotonous factory work that has created an additional constraint complicating their learning capabilities.

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Polacy w Republice Irlandii. Historia, aktualna sytuacja i wyzwania

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Kloc-Nowak W.

Studia BAS

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2019

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issue 4(60)

31-50

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The article looks at the origins and scale of migration of Poles to the Republic of Ireland and the characteristics of migrants in light of various statistical data. It outlines the characteristics of the Polish population in Ireland on the basis of 2016 census, taking into account the main directions of changes in relation to previous censuses. Polish immigrants, very few in Ireland before 2004, have since become the largest group of non-Irish nationals, stable in size and spread all over the country. Despite its size and multiple ties to Ireland such as the growing number of Polish-Irish citizens and the increasing share of homeowners, it is argued that the Polish community has limited visibility and impact on the Irish society and politics. The author also points out the housing crisis and Brexit-related risks as important challenges for the Polish community.

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Nowa polska diaspora w Europie. Polacy na Islandii w XXI wieku

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Budyta-Budzyńska M.

Studia BAS

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2019

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issue 4(60)

51-73

EN

The paper looks at the selected issues related to the Polish migrants in Iceland. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the number of the Polish migrants there grew nearly tenfold and exceeded 17,000 in 2018. As a result, Poles are the most numerous national minority in Iceland. The author discusses demographics, including size of the community and its distribution, migration patterns, occupational careers and position in the labour market, integration and activities of Polish associations, both formal and informal ones.

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Polish Migrant Community in Ireland: the Use of Irish English Slit-t

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Grabarczyk I.

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2019

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vol. 17

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issue 2

127-146

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In any migratory context individuals are faced with several challenges as a result of having to live in a different geographical location, function in a different cultural setting and use a different language. The migrants’ use of language plays a crucial role in mediation of their identity, especially in the domain of pronunciation (Kobialka 2016). When non-native users of language adapt their speech to resemble that of the host community, it may suggest their strong identification with the target community (Hammer and Dewaele 2015). This papers focuses on the pronunciation patterns among Polish adult migrants living in the west of Ireland. The aim of the study is to investigate the link between positive attitudes of the migrant community towards Ireland, Irish culture and community, their acculturation strategies and language identity, and the tendency to use one of the most characteristic features of Irish English – slit-t. The theoretical framework includes acculturation theory (Berry 2005), social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner 1987) and language identity (Block 2007). The qualitative and quantitative analysis of data indicates a certain correlation between the use of Irish English slit-t and the participants’ strategies of acculturation, identity and attitudes to the host community.

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Gaining social mobility: Polish migrants in Berlin, 1980-2016

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Szczepaniak-Kroll A.

Sprawy Narodowościowe

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2019

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issue 51

EN

Gaining social mobility: Polish migrants in Berlin, 1980-2016Social mobility can be both horizontal and vertical. The latter is characterised by movement from a lower social class to a higher one, and with it a change in social status. Upward social mobility appears in different guises; it can pertain to education, occupation, cultural capital, income etc. Until recently, the phenomenon of upward social mobility concerned a small number of emigrant Poles, with “migrants of success” composing only a small minority of a much larger number of Polish migrants in previous years. The accession of Poland to the European Union in 2004, and then to Schengen Zone in 2007, opened new opportunities. This article (based on my ethnological fieldwork) presents different ways that Poles who emigrated to Berlin between 1980 and 2016 managed to enact upward social mobility and the changing characteristics of this migration pattern. Zdobywanie mobilności społecznej: migranci z Polski w Berlinie w latach 1980-2016Awans jest jednym z dwóch rodzajów ruchliwości społecznej pionowej, przejściem z niższej warstwy społecznej do wyższej, powiązanym ze zmianą statusu. Następuje różnymi drogami, wiąże się z wykształceniem, wykonywanym zawodem, prestiżem, dochodami, itd. Jeszcze do niedawna zjawisko to rzadko dotyczyło Polaków udających się na emigrację, „migrantów sukcesu” było niewielu. Nowe możliwości otworzyło przystąpienie Polski do Unii Europejskiej (w 2004 r.), a następnie wejście do strefy Schengen (w 2007 r.). Artykuł (oparty o własne badania jakościowe) przedstawia drogi do awansu społecznego migrantów z lat 1980-2016, na tle zmieniających się uwarunkowań.

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Push, Pull and Brexit: Polish Migrants’ Perceptions of Factors Discouraging them from Staying in the UK

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Jancewicz B., Kloc-Nowak W., Pszczółkowska D., Jancewicz B., Kloc-Nowak W., Pszczółkowska D.

Central and Eastern European Migration Review

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2020

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vol. 9

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issue 1

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Problemy tożsamości społecznej Polaków mieszkających w Niemczech

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Nowak W.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2013

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issue 3(348)

257-271

EN

The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on social identity of Poles and Polish speaking persons staying in Germany, particularly in its ethnic dimension. The research method applied to attain this purpose is content analysis of data gathered during individual in-depth interviews conducted in 2012 with Polish migrants living in Germany. Firstly, the methodological assumptions of the reported research project are presented. Secondly, chosen aspects of theoretical discourse on the category of (social) identity are introduced. Finally, the opinions of interviewed Poles and Polish speakers living in Germany on key issues related to ethnic aspects of their social identity are being analysed. The results of fieldwork are examined in relation to chosen previous similar research projects findings.

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Religijność a tożsamość narodowa polskich migrantów w Wielkiej Brytanii w dobie brexitu

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Kozak J., Fel S., Wódka M.

Zeszyty Naukowe KUL

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2021

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vol. 64

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issue 3

3-29

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Religion plays an important role in the life of individuals, societies and entire national communities. It has a particular impact where religious affiliation is an important part of national identity. The aim of this article is to explore the influence of religiosity on the identity attitudes of Poles abroad under conditions of migration. The analysis focuses on assessing the impact of the self-declaration of faith of the Polish post-accession migrants in Great Britain on their national identity. Sociological research was conducted with a questionnaire on a sample of 620 Poles living in the UK. The analysis of quantitative research has shown that despite the decreasing rate of respondents’ self-declaration of faith, religion is still strongly related to their national identification. The influence of the religious factor on the declared national affiliation to the country of origin is most evident among the firm believers, while those respondents who declare a shared national affiliation – declaring a strong sense of belonging to the country of settlement – were characterised by a lower value of the religiousness index.

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Religia odgrywa istotną rolę w życiu jednostek, społeczeństw i całych wspólnot narodowych. Posiada ona szczególną siłę oddziaływania tam, gdzie przynależność religijna jest ważną częścią tożsamości narodowej. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza wpływu religijności na postawy tożsamościowe polskich emigrantów. W analizie skupiono się na ocenie wpływu autodeklaracji wiary polskich migrantów poakcesyjnych w Wielkiej Brytanii na ich tożsamość narodową. Badania socjologiczne przeprowadzono za pomocą kwestionariusza ankiety na próbie 620 Polaków tam mieszkających (badania własne przeprowadzone jesienią 2019 r.). Analiza badań ilościowych wykazała, że mimo malejącego wskaźnika autodeklaracji wiary respondentów religia w dalszym ciągu jest silnie powiązana z identyfikacją narodową. Wpływ czynnika religijnego na deklarowaną przynależność narodową kraju pochodzenia najwyraźniej widać pośród głęboko wierzących, tych zaś, którzy deklarowali przynależność narodową także do kraju osiedlenia, charakteryzowała niższa wartość wskaźnika religijności.

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Zatrudnienie migrantek z Polski w sektorze opieki domowej w wybranych państwach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej

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Matuszczyk K.

Studia BAS

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2019

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issue 4(60)

123-142

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The article provides an overview of the female emigration from Poland to home care sector in selected EU member states. At the turn of the XX and XXI centuries, this sector became an important place of employment for hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Poland is a country emigration from which remains high. The author presents the scale and patterns of migration of Polish women to the elderly home care sector, mainly in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Scandinavian countries. The results of quantitative and qualitative research, as well as statistical data, are used. At the same time, an original assessment of the consequences of care migration for migrants and their families is carried out.

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Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation

Polish Migrants in Ireland and Their Political (Dis)engagement in Transnational Space

‘If I Get Ill, It’s onto the Plane, and off to Poland.’ Use of Health Care Services by Polish Migrants in London

Zostać czy wracać? Metaforycznie o reemigracji Polaków po Brexicie

PŁEĆ KULTUROWA W PRAKTYKACH MIGRACYJNYCH: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

RETHINKING GENDER, RETHINKING MIGRATION: Re-thinking Fatherhood and Manhood among Polish Migrant Fathers in Norway

The Language-Based Recruitment of Migrants to Online Surveys with Facebook Advertisements: A Comparative Assessment from Three Geographical Contexts

‘White Dress, Guests and Presents’: Polish Migrant Families’ Practice of First Communion and Negotiation of Catholic Identities in Wales

Szkolnictwo a „sprawa migrancka”: percepcje angielskiego a polskiego systemu edukacyjnego i ich wpływ na decyzje migracyjne

Inactive at Home – Inactive Abroad: Civic Participation of Polish Migrants

Care Issues in the Transnational Families. A Polish Research Review

Rethinking the Role of the Intelligentsia Habitus in the Case of Polish Workers in the North of England

Polacy w Republice Irlandii. Historia, aktualna sytuacja i wyzwania

Nowa polska diaspora w Europie. Polacy na Islandii w XXI wieku

Polish Migrant Community in Ireland: the Use of Irish English Slit-t

Gaining social mobility: Polish migrants in Berlin, 1980-2016

Push, Pull and Brexit: Polish Migrants’ Perceptions of Factors Discouraging them from Staying in the UK

Problemy tożsamości społecznej Polaków mieszkających w Niemczech

Religijność a tożsamość narodowa polskich migrantów w Wielkiej Brytanii w dobie brexitu

Zatrudnienie migrantek z Polski w sektorze opieki domowej w wybranych państwach członkowskich Unii Europejskiej