Rafal Smoczynski
Biographic Data
| ID | 203317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafal Smoczynski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafal |
| FAMILY NAME | Smoczynski |
| SIGNATURE | SMOCZYNSKI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3094-9148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sub-Saharan African Migrants’ Use of Digital Technologies for Socio-Economic Integration in Morocco
Objectives: This exploratory study investigates how digital technologies contribute to the socio-economic integration of sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco. It examines the role of digital tools in facilitating access to employment, public services, social networks, and integration-related information, while identifying the main barriers to digital inclusion. Material and methods: An exploratory quantitative research design was adopted. Data…
Volatile Boundaries: The Decline of Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in Post-Brexit Britain
This paper examines the waning of the anti-Polish migrant moral panic in Britain after the Brexit referendum, focusing on how a prolonged episode of moral panic lost its public intensity and legitimacy.Drawing on qualitative interviews with Polish migrants conducted in northern England and complemented by a contextual analysis of mainstream media coverage, this study traces changes in the affective framing through which Polish migrants had previo…
The Racist History of the Uk and the 2016 European Union (Eu) Referendum
Objectives. This piece argues that Britain has a long history of racism, much of it emanating from its colonial past. It maintains that this has been not only ingrained in the upper and middle classes but also culturally embedded into the working class. Due to this, trade unions and indeed children’s education have consistently not highlighted, or indeed dispelled the myths and lies regarding the ‘non-exploitative’ nature of colonialism. Material…
Moral regulation and a good moral panic: UK Polish migrant workers and the 2016 EU Referendum
The UK 2016 EU Referendum has introduced a period of uncertainty for both the indigenous population and for non-British citizens. This uncertainty is considered within a framework of the recent revisions in the sociology of moral panics through an analysis of interviews with Polish migrant workers. This analysis reveals two main discursive framing logics. The first logic refers to a self-reported anti-Polish migrant moral panic discourse that - a…
Cultural citizenship without state: Historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model
Citizenship is usually seen as a product of modern nation-states, or of other political entities which possess institutional infrastructures and political systems capable of producing a coherent framework that defines the relationship between that system and its members. In this paper, we show that an early system of modern citizenship was created in the absence of a formal state, notably by the cultural elite of a stateless nation. The Polish ca…
Evidence of Spiritual Capital in the Schooling of Second-Generation Ghanaians in Amsterdam
This study investigates how spiritual capital accrued from religiosity influences the educational mobility of second-generation migrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We propose that inherently, religiosity possesses resources that have consequences for the socio-economic and cultural life of the adherents. The study adopts ethnographic research methods including in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal interviews in the religio…
The Extended Family
After World War II, Polish nobility was commonly considered an obsolete social group because of the post-1945 confiscation of their properties and the decline of their legal and political privileges. From a formal point of view, the Polish nobility had ceased to exist. However, this group did not simply vanish. For this reason, we should not speak of the disintegration of the former noble milieu but rather its reorganization. To expand deliberati…
Religious citizenship and gendered sanctions in the lived experience of second generation Ghanaians
This study seeks to understand how some African Initiated Christian churches in Amsterdam sanction discrimination against women in the exercise of the right to religious citizenship. This research also investigates how through the exercise of agency some female second generation Ghanaians contest, reinterpret or conform to gendered sanctions in the religious field. Data were drawn mainly from in-depth interviews, participant observation and infor…
Practising Religion across National Borders: AStudy of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam
Thepaper investigatesthe rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdama nd the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse.I tc ontributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora.T his study also contributes to the empiricall iterature on the intergenerationa…
Practising Religion across National Borders: A Study of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam
The paper investigates the rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdam and the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse. It contributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora. This study also contributes to the empirical literature on the intergeneratio…
Central and Eastern European Accession: Changing Perspectives on Migrant Workers
This article provides a reflection on the period since the May 2004 Central and Eastern European (CEE) accession and subsequent migration to the UK, and on shifting perspectives of and towards CEE migrants in this period. The authors have been researching this phenomenon in the North of England since 2005 through a series of studies as well as ongoing engagement with regional respondents. CEE migration is analysed through the perspectives of gove…
The Roots of Polish Culture-Centered Politics: Toward a Non–Purely Cultural Model of Cultural Domination in Central and Eastern Europe
This article’s main aim is to propose a novel model explaining the continuous domination of identity issues in modern Polish political discourse. The model proposed here may also appear useful as an explanation of similar tendencies in some other Central European countries. It is based on a specific reading of the modern history of the region—one relying on a structural perspective and specifically using Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of a “field of po…
The intelligentsia informed habitus in social distance strategies of Polish migrants in the UK
Antagonism and conflict within newly resident UK Polish migrants has been typically related to labour market competition. Without denying the relevance of this argument, we argue that explanations of antagonism within the Polish community should also take into account the role of a Polish intelligentsia habitus. This habitus provides a repertoire of available discursive strategies used for interpreting antagonistic and "risk" situations both in P…
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: A Response
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation
This article examines British societal reactions to Polish migrant workers using a framework that combines recent developments of the moral panic concept informed by the sociology of moral regulation and risk governance studies. Given the multi-mediated nature of contemporary moral panics and in contrast to conventional analysis focusing on newspaper coverage this article is based on Polish migrants' self-reported experiences. Moral panic claims …
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation
This article examines British societal reactions to Polish migrant workers using a framework that combines recent developments of the moral panic concept informed by the sociology of moral regulation and risk governance studies. Given the multi-mediated nature of contemporary moral panics and in contrast to conventional analysis focusing on newspaper coverage this article is based on Polish migrants' self-reported experiences. Moral panic claims …
The Roots of Polish Culture-Centered Politics: Toward a Non–Purely Cultural Model of Cultural Domination in Central and Eastern Europe
This article’s main aim is to propose a novel model explaining the continuous domination of identity issues in modern Polish political discourse. The model proposed here may also appear useful as an explanation of similar tendencies in some other Central European countries. It is based on a specific reading of the modern history of the region—one relying on a structural perspective and specifically using Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of a “field of po…
Moral regulation and a good moral panic: UK Polish migrant workers and the 2016 EU Referendum
The UK 2016 EU Referendum has introduced a period of uncertainty for both the indigenous population and for non-British citizens. This uncertainty is considered within a framework of the recent revisions in the sociology of moral panics through an analysis of interviews with Polish migrant workers. This analysis reveals two main discursive framing logics. The first logic refers to a self-reported anti-Polish migrant moral panic discourse that - a…
The intelligentsia informed habitus in social distance strategies of Polish migrants in the UK
Antagonism and conflict within newly resident UK Polish migrants has been typically related to labour market competition. Without denying the relevance of this argument, we argue that explanations of antagonism within the Polish community should also take into account the role of a Polish intelligentsia habitus. This habitus provides a repertoire of available discursive strategies used for interpreting antagonistic and "risk" situations both in P…
Cultural citizenship without state: Historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model
Citizenship is usually seen as a product of modern nation-states, or of other political entities which possess institutional infrastructures and political systems capable of producing a coherent framework that defines the relationship between that system and its members. In this paper, we show that an early system of modern citizenship was created in the absence of a formal state, notably by the cultural elite of a stateless nation. The Polish ca…
The Extended Family
After World War II, Polish nobility was commonly considered an obsolete social group because of the post-1945 confiscation of their properties and the decline of their legal and political privileges. From a formal point of view, the Polish nobility had ceased to exist. However, this group did not simply vanish. For this reason, we should not speak of the disintegration of the former noble milieu but rather its reorganization. To expand deliberati…
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: A Response
Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in the UK: Rethinking Employment Insecurities and Moral Regulation
This article examines British societal reactions to Polish migrant workers using a framework that combines recent developments of the moral panic concept informed by the sociology of moral regulation and risk governance studies. Given the multi-mediated nature of contemporary moral panics and in contrast to conventional analysis focusing on newspaper coverage this article is based on Polish migrants' self-reported experiences. Moral panic claims …
Practising Religion across National Borders: AStudy of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam
Thepaper investigatesthe rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdama nd the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse.I tc ontributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora.T his study also contributes to the empiricall iterature on the intergenerationa…
Practising Religion across National Borders: A Study of Ghanaian Christian Churches in Amsterdam
The paper investigates the rationale behind the multiplicity of cross-border relations of Ghanaian Christian churches in Amsterdam and the involvement of Ghanaian second generations in transnational religious discourse. It contributes to filling the empirical research gap in the transnational religious practices of Sub-Saharan African Christian churches in the diaspora. This study also contributes to the empirical literature on the intergeneratio…
Central and Eastern European Accession: Changing Perspectives on Migrant Workers
This article provides a reflection on the period since the May 2004 Central and Eastern European (CEE) accession and subsequent migration to the UK, and on shifting perspectives of and towards CEE migrants in this period. The authors have been researching this phenomenon in the North of England since 2005 through a series of studies as well as ongoing engagement with regional respondents. CEE migration is analysed through the perspectives of gove…
The Roots of Polish Culture-Centered Politics: Toward a Non–Purely Cultural Model of Cultural Domination in Central and Eastern Europe
This article’s main aim is to propose a novel model explaining the continuous domination of identity issues in modern Polish political discourse. The model proposed here may also appear useful as an explanation of similar tendencies in some other Central European countries. It is based on a specific reading of the modern history of the region—one relying on a structural perspective and specifically using Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of a “field of po…
The intelligentsia informed habitus in social distance strategies of Polish migrants in the UK
Antagonism and conflict within newly resident UK Polish migrants has been typically related to labour market competition. Without denying the relevance of this argument, we argue that explanations of antagonism within the Polish community should also take into account the role of a Polish intelligentsia habitus. This habitus provides a repertoire of available discursive strategies used for interpreting antagonistic and "risk" situations both in P…
Religious citizenship and gendered sanctions in the lived experience of second generation Ghanaians
This study seeks to understand how some African Initiated Christian churches in Amsterdam sanction discrimination against women in the exercise of the right to religious citizenship. This research also investigates how through the exercise of agency some female second generation Ghanaians contest, reinterpret or conform to gendered sanctions in the religious field. Data were drawn mainly from in-depth interviews, participant observation and infor…
Evidence of Spiritual Capital in the Schooling of Second-Generation Ghanaians in Amsterdam
This study investigates how spiritual capital accrued from religiosity influences the educational mobility of second-generation migrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We propose that inherently, religiosity possesses resources that have consequences for the socio-economic and cultural life of the adherents. The study adopts ethnographic research methods including in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal interviews in the religio…
The Extended Family
After World War II, Polish nobility was commonly considered an obsolete social group because of the post-1945 confiscation of their properties and the decline of their legal and political privileges. From a formal point of view, the Polish nobility had ceased to exist. However, this group did not simply vanish. For this reason, we should not speak of the disintegration of the former noble milieu but rather its reorganization. To expand deliberati…
Cultural citizenship without state: Historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model
Citizenship is usually seen as a product of modern nation-states, or of other political entities which possess institutional infrastructures and political systems capable of producing a coherent framework that defines the relationship between that system and its members. In this paper, we show that an early system of modern citizenship was created in the absence of a formal state, notably by the cultural elite of a stateless nation. The Polish ca…
The Racist History of the Uk and the 2016 European Union (Eu) Referendum
Objectives. This piece argues that Britain has a long history of racism, much of it emanating from its colonial past. It maintains that this has been not only ingrained in the upper and middle classes but also culturally embedded into the working class. Due to this, trade unions and indeed children’s education have consistently not highlighted, or indeed dispelled the myths and lies regarding the ‘non-exploitative’ nature of colonialism. Material…
Moral regulation and a good moral panic: UK Polish migrant workers and the 2016 EU Referendum
The UK 2016 EU Referendum has introduced a period of uncertainty for both the indigenous population and for non-British citizens. This uncertainty is considered within a framework of the recent revisions in the sociology of moral panics through an analysis of interviews with Polish migrant workers. This analysis reveals two main discursive framing logics. The first logic refers to a self-reported anti-Polish migrant moral panic discourse that - a…
Sub-Saharan African Migrants’ Use of Digital Technologies for Socio-Economic Integration in Morocco
Objectives: This exploratory study investigates how digital technologies contribute to the socio-economic integration of sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco. It examines the role of digital tools in facilitating access to employment, public services, social networks, and integration-related information, while identifying the main barriers to digital inclusion. Material and methods: An exploratory quantitative research design was adopted. Data…
Volatile Boundaries: The Decline of Anti-Polish Migrant Moral Panic in Post-Brexit Britain
This paper examines the waning of the anti-Polish migrant moral panic in Britain after the Brexit referendum, focusing on how a prolonged episode of moral panic lost its public intensity and legitimacy.Drawing on qualitative interviews with Polish migrants conducted in northern England and complemented by a contextual analysis of mainstream media coverage, this study traces changes in the affective framing through which Polish migrants had previo…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (4 works)