European Integration, and Cultural Hesitation: The German and Polish Electorates in Comparison

Today, states face the challenge of managing migration processes and developing effective migration and integration policies. A sound analysis of the issue is essential as a starting point for such efforts. This book aims to provide such an analysis. The contributions, written by political scientists, sociologists, economists, legal scholars, and experts in adult education, examine the experiences of Germany and Poland with migration, placing them within a broader European context. Migration is also a topic frequently exploited by populists around the world; stoking fear of migrants has become a tool in political discourse. This can only be countered by a rational debate about the opportunities and risks, as well as the benefits and costs, of migration. The authors present well-founded arguments to support such a debate.