From Transgressive Micro-Events to Mass Disengagement from the State: International Migrations from Communist Poland

Divinatio 2015, vol. 39-40

20 Pages Posted: 22 Feb 2016

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Dariusz Stola

Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Date Written: February 22, 2015

Abstract

Communist regimes in their Stalinist stage imposed effective non-exit policies that dramatically reduced international mobility, long-term emigration in particular. This paper shows how, following the post-Stalin "thaw" international migrations from Poland reemerged and took mass scale. It pays particular attention to micro-sociology of non-conformist behaviors, the dynamics of diffusion of previously suppressed practices and institutional evolution of the regime.

Keywords: communist regime, international mobility, migration policy

Suggested Citation

Stola, Dariusz, From Transgressive Micro-Events to Mass Disengagement from the State: International Migrations from Communist Poland (February 22, 2015). Divinatio 2015, vol. 39-40, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2736134 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2736134

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