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Heads or hands? Differences and similarities between Polish students and labour immigrants
Köpfe oder Hände? Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen polnischen Studierenden und Arbeitsmigranten
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Abstract Discussing the Polish presence in Leuven, Belgium, this article examines the concept of 'intellectual migration from Eastern Europe after 1989' on at least two levels. On the one hand, it analyzes the numbers of foreign students at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and shows that a Europeanization ... view more
Discussing the Polish presence in Leuven, Belgium, this article examines the concept of 'intellectual migration from Eastern Europe after 1989' on at least two levels. On the one hand, it analyzes the numbers of foreign students at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and shows that a Europeanization is taking place, not because of a growth in the number of Central Europeans students, but because of a drop in the number of Chinese students and a rise of students from Belgium's neighbouring countries. On the other hand, it compares this intellectual immigration from Poland with the larger and better known labour immigration. It appears that the categorization between heads and hands is certainly not absolute. Their paths were much more common than scholars and students suppose, with labour immigrants studying, students working, and many Poles from different classes maintaining contact with each other.... view less
Keywords
labor migration; Belgium; studies (academic); post-socialist country; student; university; social integration; foreign countries; working conditions; Poland; living conditions; immigration
Classification
University Education
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
labour migration; student migration; Polish migration; foreign students; Europeanization; identities; ethnicity; Leuven; Belgium; Poland
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
13 p.
Series
Working Paper Series of the Research Network 1989, 15
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works