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Migration and Homelessness: The Social Networks of Homeless Poles in Oslo.
- Source :
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Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies . Aug2013, Vol. 39 Issue 7, p1125-1140. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This article discusses the results of fieldwork conducted among physically homeless Polish migrants in Oslo, Norway. I focus on the social networks that are a part of the migrants' social capital, and which should ideally prevent them from a state of ‘rooflessness’. I present the narratives of these Polish rough-sleepers in Oslo and analyse their links with the home country and their bonds with the Polish community in Norway and with the wider Norwegian society. I focus on the migrants' daily survival strategies, ways of obtaining information about work and accommodation and economical exchanges as indicators of their network links. I distinguish the limitations of migrants' social networks in extricating them from a situation of homelessness. Based on this analysis, a simple typology of the Polish homeless in Oslo is presented—largely comparable with other homeless groups described elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369183X
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88353548
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.778037