A Critical Cultural Sociological Exploration of Attitudes toward Migration in Czechia What Lies Beneath the Fear of the Thirteenth Migrant
Abstract
A Critical Cultural Sociological Exploration of Attitudes toward Migration in Czechia: What Lies Beneath the Fear of the Thirteenth Migrant qualitatively deciphers what lies beneath the fears about the imaginary “thirteenth migrant” and explores how individuals make sense of migration in nontraditional destination countries, utilizing critical, cultural sociological methods to explore the deep meaning-making processes that inform migration attitudes.
... On the other hand, both the state and the country's cities support incoming 'high-skilled', 'qualified', 'educated' migrants (City of Brno, 2020), also referred to as expats (Brno Expat Centre, n.d.). This approach and its language create a 'hierarchy of Otherness' (Jaworsky et al., 2023). However, highly skilled migrants may also be classified as irregular, and for this reason, I will avoid reproducing this otherness by using the term 'applicants for a residence permit' whenever it is possible; otherwise I use the broad term 'migrants' and 'non-EU migrants'. ...
... In reality, 'anti' or 'pro' immigrant sentiments fall along a continuum, and a social actor may embody one or both at different times. In the Czech Republic, for example, even seemingly 'pro-immigrant' actors nevertheless express sentiments that might be construed as 'anti-immigrant'(Jaworsky et al., 2023). ...
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