(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes
Abstract Based on fieldwork among unemployed Polish migrants in Iceland, this chapter examines how they negotiate and adapt to the social risks and changing circumstances encountered in the countries of emigration and immigration as well as how they navigate the available ‘resource environments’ eme...
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crspringernat:10.1007/978-3-030-67615-5_10 2024-03-10T08:35:28+00:00 (Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes Wojtyńska, Anna Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67615-5_10 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-67615-5_10 unknown Springer International Publishing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 IMISCOE Research Series Migration to and from Welfare States page 161-176 ISSN 2364-4087 2364-4095 ISBN 9783030676148 9783030676155 book-chapter 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67615-5_10 2024-02-13T21:27:06Z Abstract Based on fieldwork among unemployed Polish migrants in Iceland, this chapter examines how they negotiate and adapt to the social risks and changing circumstances encountered in the countries of emigration and immigration as well as how they navigate the available ‘resource environments’ emerging in conjunction with different welfare regimes. We particularly look at the European Union (EU) regulations for social-security protection vis-à-vis national welfare-protection policies on unemployment in Iceland and Poland and their possible ramifications for the mobility and immobility of Polish workers. Furthermore, we highlight some problematic interactions between the internationalisation of the labour market and concomitant transnational livelihoods, EU social policy and the welfare-assistance environment of member states. In so doing, we apply a critical approach to the commonly assumed high flexibility and extensive geographical mobility of migrant workers that tends to overlook counterfactors that influence different forms of immobility. Book Part Iceland Springer Nature 161 176 |
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Abstract Based on fieldwork among unemployed Polish migrants in Iceland, this chapter examines how they negotiate and adapt to the social risks and changing circumstances encountered in the countries of emigration and immigration as well as how they navigate the available ‘resource environments’ emerging in conjunction with different welfare regimes. We particularly look at the European Union (EU) regulations for social-security protection vis-à-vis national welfare-protection policies on unemployment in Iceland and Poland and their possible ramifications for the mobility and immobility of Polish workers. Furthermore, we highlight some problematic interactions between the internationalisation of the labour market and concomitant transnational livelihoods, EU social policy and the welfare-assistance environment of member states. In so doing, we apply a critical approach to the commonly assumed high flexibility and extensive geographical mobility of migrant workers that tends to overlook counterfactors that influence different forms of immobility. |
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(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes |
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(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes |
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(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes |
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(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes |
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(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes |
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(im)mobility patterns among polish unemployed migrants in iceland navigating different welfare regimes |
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IMISCOE Research Series Migration to and from Welfare States page 161-176 ISSN 2364-4087 2364-4095 ISBN 9783030676148 9783030676155 |
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