From connecting to social anchoring: adaptation and ‘settlement’ of Polish migrants in the UK.
This article uses the author’s original concept of social anchoring, referring to the processes of finding significant footholds which enable migrants to acquire socio-psychological stability and security and function effectively in new life settings, to theorise adaptation and ‘settlement’ mechanis...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 252 - 270 |
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Feb2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=126917659&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 126917659 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2018 vid: 44 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 126917659 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1341713 ppf: 252 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: From connecting to social anchoring: adaptation and ‘settlement’ of Polish migrants in the UK. aug: au: Grzymala-Kazlowska, Aleksandra affil: Institute for Research into Superdiversity, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland su: Emigration & immigration Polish people Social psychology Immigrant resettlement services Blogs Social integration Identity (Psychology) United Kingdom sug: subj: United Kingdom Emigration & immigration Polish people Social psychology Immigrant resettlement services Blogs Social integration Identity (Psychology) keyword: identity integration migrant adaptation settlement Social anchoring superdiversity ab: This article uses the author’s original concept of social anchoring, referring to the processes of finding significant footholds which enable migrants to acquire socio-psychological stability and security and function effectively in new life settings, to theorise adaptation and ‘settlement’ mechanisms that are utilised by migrants. Drawing on interviews and questionnaires with 40 Polish migrants in the U.K., autobiographical research and material from Internet blogs and forums, it focuses on processes playing a vital role in connecting migrants to British society and the mechanisms of developing them in social anchors. This article presents a more comprehensive approach to ‘settlement’ (understood as a state of stability) than the integration approach and adds to the prevalent understanding of adaptation. It moves our thinking beyond the concepts of identity and integration as well as linking the issues of adaptation, security and stability, highlighting, on the one hand, the psychological and emotional aspects of adaptation and ‘settlement’ and, on the other hand, tangible footholds and structural constraints. Its significance lies in the fact that it allows for complexity, variety, simultaneity and changeability of anchoring and the reverse processes of unanchoring to be included, thus helping in the analysis of increasingly complex, superdiverse and ‘fluid’ societies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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