White, Anne; (2016) An Inside-Out Approach to Social Remittances: Linking Migration and Social Change in Poland. In: Nowicka, M and Serbedzija, V, (eds.) Migration and social remittances in a global Europe. (pp. 49-69). Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK.

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Abstract

To understand the impact of migration on sending countries it is worth first investigating social trends in those countries, then considering migration as one contributory factor to social change. This ‘inside-out’ approach avoids over-stating the role of social remittances. Taking Poland as a case study, I identify examples of social trends – changing material aspirations and increasing levels of social trust – and illustrate how aspirations link to migrants’ experiences abroad which are transferred to ‘stayers’ back in Poland, but links between migration and trust are more complex. I further argue that literature on the impact of migration on receiving countries can aid understanding of how migration affects sending country populations, and that (if defined carefully) ‘cosmopolitanism’ is a helpful concept for understanding social change in Poland.

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