Between social dumping and social protection.: The challenge of creating ’orderly working conditions’ among Polish circular migrants in the Copenhagen area, Denmark.

Niels Jul Nielsen; Marie Sandberg

Between social dumping and social protection. The challenge of creating ’orderly working conditions’ among Polish circular migrants in the Copenhagen area, Denmark.

Niels Jul Nielsen, Marie Sandberg

SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History

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Abstract

In a world increasingly challenged by neoliberal restructurings of labour markets within the global economy, labour organisation is continuously challenged. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among Polish construction workers in Denmark, both at their place of work and in their homes in Denmark and Poland, this article traces the objective of creating "orderly working conditions" at insecure and temporary workplaces. The relational analysis - going into work organisation and work/family dynamics - shows how "Polishness" is used as a brand (that the unions need to adjust to) connoting flexibility and availability, and that the composition of the migrant family significantly impacts how migratory practices are made feasible and desirable.

Original language	English
Journal	Ethnologia Europaea: Journal for European Ethnology
Volume	44
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	23-37
ISSN	0425-4597
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2014

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Faculty of Humanities
Poland
Denmark
Social dumping

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Between social dumping and social protection. The challenge of creating ’orderly working conditions’ among Polish circular migrants in the Copenhagen area, Denmark. / Nielsen, Niels Jul ; Sandberg, Marie.

In: Ethnologia Europaea: Journal for European Ethnology, Vol. 44, No. 1, 20.06.2014, p. 23-37.

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