@ARTICLE{Pokojska_Justyna_Participation_2017, author={Pokojska, Justyna}, volume={vol. 6}, number={No 2}, journal={Central and Eastern European Migration Review}, pages={163-175}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk, Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami UW}, abstract={Recently, the issue of intercultural relations between immigrants and the host society has been widely discussed. Taking into account the increasing spatial mobility of non-EU foreigners, it seems highly important to examine their relations with the host community on the local level. This article presents the results of the qualitative study conducted in the first quarter of 2014 in the Lesznowola municipality (Mazowieckie province, Piaseczno district) in Poland. It aims at analysing the situation of the Vietnam-ese community and its engagement in the local life of the municipality and examine attitudes of both Vietnamese and Poles towards prospects for granting local voting rights to migrants in Poland. Through several years of successful business and social cooperation, the Vietnamese immigrants have become a recognisable part of the social landscape of the municipality. The degree of social and political par-ticipation at the local level on the part of the Vietnamese community has also increased, which can be observed, for example, through such practical indicator as cooperation with local educational institu-tions. Therefore, we can argue that the Vietnamese community has been transforming itself from a marginalised and self-sufficient homogeneous group into more and more self-aware and active socio-political group of actors.}, type={Article}, title={Participation of the Vietnamese Community in Poland in the Socio-Political Life at the Local Level: Present Situation and Prospects for the Future}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117592/PDF-MASTER/Pokojska_Participation_of_the_Vietnamese_Community.pdf}, keywords={Vietnamese community, economic migration, public participation, political participation, voting rights}, }