‘Crisis’ and Migration in Poland: Discursive Shifts, Anti-Pluralism and the Politicisation of Exclusion

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...

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Published in:Sociology 2018-06, Vol.52 (3), p.612-618
Main Authors: Krzyzanowska, Natalia, Krzyzanowski, Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-refugee rhetoric
Crises
crisis
Discourses
discursive shifts
Essay
Immigration
Immigration policy
Justice
Law
Migration
Poland
Populism
Public opinion
Public sphere
Racism
Rhetoric
Right wing politics
Xenophobia
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0038-0385
1469-8684
1469-8684
DOI:10.1177/0038038518757952