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Pathologies of Migrant Place-Making: The Case of Polish Migrants to the UK

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  • Nick Gill

    (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, England)

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The author argues that migrant place-making can become counterproductive for migrant communities for a variety of reasons. Existing place-making literature is often optimistic about the ability of places to offer migrants common identities and means of mobilising collectively. The author constructs a four-stage general model of migrant place-making to examine the potential pathologies of migrant organisational strategies at each of these four stages. In order to demonstrate the use of this model, an analysis of post-2004 Polish migration to the UK, drawing upon forty-two semistructured interviews with Polish migrants and domestic service providers, is presented. Although earlier migration displayed a number of the ideal characteristics of positive place-making described in the ideal four-stage model, centring around the Polish Catholic churches of England and Wales, post-2004 migration has introduced a series of problems that illustrate the various pathologies that can occur. The author concludes by calling for (i) a greater appreciation of the role of host organisations in the production of successful and unsuccessful place-making, and (ii) a recognition that place-making as a migrant settlement strategy is deeply fallible at various stages of its development.

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  • Nick Gill, 2010. "Pathologies of Migrant Place-Making: The Case of Polish Migrants to the UK," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(5), pages 1157-1173, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:42:y:2010:i:5:p:1157-1173
    DOI: 10.1068/a42219
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    1. Drinkwater, Stephen & Eade, John & Garapich, Michal, 2006. "Poles Apart? EU Enlargement and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers 2410, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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