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Accession 8 Migration and the Proactive and Defensive Engagement of Social Citizenship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

JOANNE COOK ,
PETER DWYER  and
LOUISE WAITE
JOANNE COOK
Affiliation:
Hull University Business School, Room Wharfe 120, University of Hull, Coltingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX email: joanne.cook@hull.ac.uk
PETER DWYER*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Room C504, Allerton Building, The University of Salford, Frederick Road, Salford, M6 6PU
LOUISE WAITE
Affiliation:
School of Geography, Room 1.43, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT. email: l.waite@leeds.ac.uk
*
email: P.J.Dwyer@salford.ac.uk
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Abstract

Following the expansion of the European Union in 2004 unprecedented numbers of Accession 8 migrants from Central and Eastern Europe entered the UK. These migrants are often concentrated in particular urban neighbourhoods, which are already routinely home to diverse communities and/or characterised by high levels of social deprivation. Using original data from a study in a northern English city, this paper explores the ways in which established communities experience and make sense of the local impact of new migration within their neighbourhoods. The belief that newly arrived migrants are in competition with established communities for finite local jobs and welfare resources is central to the expressed concerns of established communities about the potential for A8 migration to have a localised negative impact.

Utilising Ellison's (2000) theoretical insights, the paper argues that established communities’ concerns, rather than being simply an expression of xenophobic intolerance, have their basis in how the expansion of the EU facilitates opportunities for the ‘proactive engagement’ of citizenship status among A8 migrants, whilst often triggering a more ‘defensive engagement’ among members of local host communities.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 329 - 347
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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