Michał Garapich: 2 books
London’s Polish Borders
Transnationalizing Class and Ethnicity Among Polish Migrants in London
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
The figure of the Polish plumber or builder has long been a well-established icon of the British national imagination, uncovering the UK's collective unease with immigration from Central and Eastern Europe. But despite the powerful impact the UK's second largest language group has had on their host...
Migrants as Agents of Change
Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstrates that not all migrants acquire, transfer and implement social remittances in the same way. Whilst...