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Trust in the Everyday Life of Guests and Hosts: Employers and Employees in Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Marcin Galent
Marcin Galent*
Affiliation:
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Europeistyki, ul. Jodłowa 13, 30-252 Kraków, Poland
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E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The collapse of the Iron Curtain, and recent European enlargement have brought about new waves of intra-European migration. Whilst millions of people from Central and Eastern European countries have trodden the well-worn path to the West in search of better paid jobs, their migration trajectories have differed from traditional patterns. They very often work in host countries and simultaneously maintain close social links with their countries of origin, thus earning the label ‘pendulum migrants’. These pendulum movements can be perceived as agents that stimulate processes of social integration at the micro level. Contrary to popular discourse, which represents migration as a phenomenon endangering social cohesion, this article investigates how personal contacts between hosts and guests may contribute to the building of mutual trust between European citizens.

Type
Focus: Labour Migration
Information
European Review , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 573 - 583
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 2008

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