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Inspired by Thomas and Znaniecki. Do We Observe the Formation of a New Polish-Norwegian Society

Author(s)

Katarzyna Gmaj

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2018.03.001

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Lazarski University, Poland

ABSTRACT

The paper aims to present that concepts introduced in The Polish Peasant in Europe and America have not lost their validity. They are still inspiring for analysis of contemporary migratory movements. Especially, the premise that “assimilation” of Polish migrants is not an individual but a group phenomenon can shape a scope of analysis of massive post-EU-accession emigration from Poland. The author tests adequacy of classical tools for investigation on Polish migrants in Norway. What is interesting about them is the fast increase in their number after 2004. As a consequence, they are the biggest immigrant group in this country. They have been spreading all over Norway; however, more than half of them reside in four counties (Oslo, Akershus, Rogeland, and Hordaland). Referring to the approach introduced by Thomas and Znaniecki, formation of a new Polish-Norwegian society is a process constituted by certain stages, which will be discussed in the paper below.

KEYWORDS

Thomas and Znaniecki, Norway, Polish migrants

Cite this paper

Sociology Study, March 2018, Vol. 8, No. 3, 103-111

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