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VIII. Methods of Migration Research in Poland – Critical Overview (Izabela Koryś) A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Kicinger, Anna (Ed.); Weinar, Agnieszka (Ed.) Working Paper State of the art of the migration research in Poland CMR Working Papers, No. 26/84 Provided in Cooperation with: Centre of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw Suggested Citation: Kicinger, Anna (Ed.); Weinar, Agnieszka (Ed.) (2007) : State of the art of the migration research in Poland, CMR Working Papers, No. 26/84, University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR), Warsaw This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/140810 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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November 2007 Centre of Migration Research Faculty of Economic Sciences Warsaw University Banacha Street 2B 02–097 Warsaw Poland Tel.: +48 22 659 74 11 Fax: +48 22 822 74 05 www.migracje.uw.edu.pl [email protected] I List of Autors Editors: Anna Kicingerƒ, Agnieszka Weinar* Autors: Agnieszka Fihel*, Agata Górny*, Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska*, Krystyna Iglicka♣, Ewa Jaźwińska*, Paweł Kaczmarczyk*, Anna Kicingerƒ, Weronika Kloc-Nowakƒ, Izabela Koryśƒ, Marek Kupiszewskiƒ, Marek Okólski*, Dorota Praszałowicz∞, Agnieszka Weinar* ƒCentral European Forum for Migration and Population Research *Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw ♣Centre of International Relations ∞Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University. The study was prepared jointly by Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research and the Centre of Migration Research Acknowledgements: The study was funded by the IMISCOE Network of Excellence. The text was originally published in the series IMISCOE Working Papers as No. 19. The current edition as CMR Working Paper No. 26/84 has been simultaneously published by Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research as CEFMR Working Paper 1/2007. Reprinted by a kind permission of the IMISCOE network. The editors would like to thank all the authors who generously gave their time to this study. In particular, we would like also to express our gratitude to Marek Okólski and Marek Kupiszewski for their inspiring remarks, continuous support and guidance in performing this challenging task. Special thanks go also to Monika Szulecka (Centre of Migration Research) who carefully did the time-consuming and demanding work and prepared the final version of the references. November 2007 Contents Streszczenie I Abstract I I. Introduction (Anna Kicinger). ....................................................................................................................... 5 II. Poland’s migration in the European context (Marek Okólski). ..................................................................... 7 III. A note on rebirth of migration research in Poland after 1989 (Krystyna Iglicka) .................................. 12 IV. Studies of mechanisms of emigration from Poland after 1989 (Ewa Jaźwińska, Agnieszka Fihel, Dorota Praszałowicz, Agnieszka Weinar, Paweł Kaczmarczyk). ..................................................................................... 18 IV.1. Analyses of macrosocial character..................................................................................................... 18 IV.2. Complex CMR research based on ethnosurvey methodology ........................................................... 22 IV.3. In-depth studies of selected aspects of migration and migrants’ categories....................................... 26 IV.4. Polish temporary migrants abroad. .................................................................................................... 32 IV.5. Polish diaspora studies after the political turnover of 1989 ............................................................... 35 V. Research on immigration and migrant communities in Poland (Izabela Koryś, Agnieszka Fihel, Agata Górny, Aleksandra Grzymała-Kazłowska, Weronika Kloc-Nowak, Agnieszka Weinar)..................................... 38 V.1. Grasping the picture: exploratory studies on immigration to Poland in the 1990s ............................ 38 V.2. Going in-depth: studies on selected aspects of immigration to Poland in the 2000s.......................... 42 V.3. Documenting the process: emergence of migrants’ communities in Poland...................................... 44 V.4. Return migration ................................................................................................................................47 V.5. Repatriates ......................................................................................................................................... 49 V.6. Asylum seekers and refugees............................................................................................................. 51 V.7. Attitudes of Polish society towards immigrants................................................................................. 52 VI. Studies of the Polish migration policy and law (Anna Kicinger)............................................................ 55 VI.1. Poland’s migration policy and law..................................................................................................... 55 VI.2. Europeanisation of the Polish migration policy ................................................................................. 58 VI.3. Studies of dual citizenship in Poland. ................................................................................................ 59 VII. Demographic aspects of research on international migration (Marek Kupiszewski, Agnieszka Fihel)..61 VII.1. Demographic impact of migration ..................................................................................................... 61 VII.2. Modelling migration and population: demographic projections, simulations and forecasts .............. 62 VIII. Methods of migration research in Poland – critical overview (Izabela Koryś)....................................... 67 VIII.1. Studies of Polish migrants at their destination points.................................................................... 67 VIII.2. Studies of Polish migrants in sending communities...................................................................... 68 VIII.3. Studies of immigrants residing in Poland...................................................................................... 69 VIII.4. Methodological reflection on migration research.......................................................................... 71 IX. Concluding remarks (Anna Kicinger, Agnieszka Weinar). .................................................................... 72 X. Annex .......................................................................................................................................................... 75 XI. References .............................................................................................................................................. 80 3 Stan badań dotyczących migracji w Polsce Streszczenie Celem publikacji jest prezentacja istniejącego stanu wiedzy o migracjach w Polsce po 1989 roku. Zawiera ona zarys rozwoju badań prowadzonych w Polsce w różnych dziedzinach studiów migracyjnych. W publikacji przywoływanych jest ponad 300 prac dotyczących współczesnych zjawisk migracyjnych opublikowanych przez polskich naukowców po 1989 roku. Przegląd stanu wiedzy rozpoczyna zarys procesów wędrówkowych w Polsce w XX wieku na tle historii migracji w Europie. Po tej prezentacji następują wstępne rozważania dotyczące odrodzenia się w Polsce badań migracyjnych po 1989 roku. W dalszej kolejności ma miejsce analiza istniejącej wiedzy na temat emigracji z Polski oraz polskich diaspor na świecie po 1989 roku. Następny rozdział dotyczy badań imigracji oraz rozwoju społeczności migranckich w Polsce. Omówione zostały również studia dotyczące polityki migracyjnej oraz prawa, a także badania nad demografią oraz statystyką migracji międzynarodowych. Oddzielny rozdział poświęcony został metodologii badań migracyjnych prowadzonych w Polsce. Publikację kończą wnioski podsumowujące najważniejsze osiągnięcia polskich naukowców w zakresie badań nad migracjami po 1989 roku. State of the Art of the Migration Research in Poland Abstract The aim of this study is to present the state of the art of the migration research in Poland after
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