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Crisis' and Migration in Poland

Discursive Shifts, Anti-Pluralism and the Politicisation of Exclusion

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ID2322980
AuthorsNatalia Krzyżanowska (0000-0002-4488-6398, Örebro University, corresponding author), Michał Krzyżanowski (0000-0003-4073-2831, University of Liverpool)
Year2018
Volume52
Issue3
Pages612-618
Publication date2018-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038518757952
OpenAlexW2805837393
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited11

This essay illustrates the extent to which crisis has had an impact on public perceptions and discourses of contemporary migration in Poland. We focus on the actual moment of the 'coming together' between crisis- and immigration-related discourses and argue that this connection has arisen as part of the recent political strategies of Poland's right-wing populist government 'Law and Justice' (PiS) party. The strong anti-immigration and anti-refugee rhetoric orchestrated by PiS across the Polish public sphere has also played a pivotal role in countenancing xenophobic as well as outright racist sentiments in wider Polish public discourse and society

Criminology · Immigration · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public discourse · Public sphere · Rhetoric · Sociology · European Politics and Security · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Populism, Right-Wing Movements

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