New Wave, Old Ways? Post-accession Migration from Poland Seen from the Perspective of the Social Sciences
New Wave, Old Ways? Post-accession Migration from Poland Seen from the Perspective of the Social Sciences

Summary/Abstract: The unprecedented post-accession wave of Polish migration to the UK has resulted in research comparable to that on the Great Migration in the USA. This research uses similar methods and analytical categories to those of the Chicago School, involving an analogy between Polish migrants and Black slaves and stereotypes that have been perpetuated by generations of scholars up to the present day. This article suggests that new social qualities are emerging in contemporary migration from Poland to the UK because of the travel and communication revolutions, questioning the adequacy of former research methods in its analysis.

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