White, Anne;
(2024)
Polish cities of migration: the migration transition in Kalisz, Piła and Płock.
[Book].
UCL Press: London.
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Abstract
Polish Cities of Migration analyses how Poland is transitioning to a new identity as a ‘country of immigration’, although its ‘country of emigration’ identity remains strong outside a handful of bigger cities. The book explores two interconnected puzzles: how Poland’s migration transition is influenced by the fact that it is simultaneously a country of emigration, and why migrants are spreading out beyond the metropolises, often settling with their families in smaller cities with limited labour markets, cities from which Poles themselves continue to migrate. It argues that migrants’ feeling of comfort in such locations can be explained mostly by network and lifestyle considerations. These link to impressions that local Poles – who used to be migrants themselves, and/or have family and friends abroad – possess pragmatic and accepting attitudes towards migration, particularly from Ukraine. The book is based on in-depth interviews with 37 Polish return migrants, 70 Ukrainians and 17 other foreigners living in Kalisz, Płock and Piła. Key concepts include migration culture, livelihood strategies and place attachment. The analysis is situated within a wide range of existing secondary literature and contributes towards understanding the impact of migration on Poland, Ukrainian labour migration and wider global migration processes in the twenty-first century.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Polish cities of migration: the migration transition in Kalisz, Piła and Płock |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800087354 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800087354 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800087354 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Author, 2024 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2024 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: White, A. 2024. Polish Cities of Migration: The migration transition in Kalisz, Piła and Płock. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800087354 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Kalisz, livelihood strategies, migration transition, networks, Poland, Ukraine |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198518 |
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