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From Valued Stayers to Working Hands? the Social Consequences of Changing Employment Relations Among Polish Migrants in Farmed Salmon Industry in Rural Norway

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  • Stachowski Jakub
  • Rasmussen Bente

    (Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.)

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International migrant workers in European rural regions have supplied rural industries with necessary labour, stimulated the demography of host communities and raised questions about the inclusion of migrants. Using the case of Polish post-accession migrants employed in the farmed salmon industry in rural Norway, we explore the social consequences of changing employment relations in rural industries. By using a temporal perspective, we identify a transition from an inclusive employment regime experienced by the migrants who arrived in the locality within the first years after the EU enlargement in 2004, to an increasingly exploitative, insecure and competitive work environment for recently arrived migrants. We emphasise how employment conditions offered to different ‘waves’ of migrants affect the ways they perceive their status and value in rural hosting communities. Ultimately, we reflect on the potential long-term consequences of international migration to rural areas.

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  • Stachowski Jakub & Rasmussen Bente, 2021. "From Valued Stayers to Working Hands? the Social Consequences of Changing Employment Relations Among Polish Migrants in Farmed Salmon Industry in Rural Norway," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 13(3), pages 565-583, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:eurcou:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:565-583:n:4
    DOI: 10.2478/euco-2021-0015
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