Distant vs. Familiar Significant Others
Attitudes towards Absent Muslim Refugees and Extant Labor Migrants in Poland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22065752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Buchowski (0000-0002-1025-5854, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-91 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2288-2693 • E-ISSN: 2288-2707 |
| Publisher | Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18588/202005.00a121 |
| OpenAlex | W3044274994 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
Poles exhibit contrasting attitudes towards absent Muslim refugees and physically present Ukrainian labor immigrants. Both groups have been historically seen as "Significant Others, " potentially perilous to the nation. Today, however, Muslims are rejected, while Ukrainians are accepted. This situation can be attributed to historical, ethnic, political, social, and economic factors, all of which are discussed here. The ethnic, linguistic, and religious superhomogeneity of Polish society affects the approach to the "culturally distant" Muslim migrants who were cynically rejected by the right-wing populist authorities during the 2015 refugee crisis. Economic necessity justifies the acceptance of the Ukrainians, who are perceived as culturally close. It is argued here that within the category of Significant Others, it is necessary to distinguish between Distant/Absent/Hostile and Familiar/Present/Tolerated Significant Others
Biology · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnology · Extant taxon · Immigration · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |