%0 Journal Article
%T Political-Economic Transnational Behavior: A Case Study of the Polish American Economic Forum
%A Erdmans, Mary Patrice
%J Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny
%V 2018 (XLIV)
%R 10.4467/25444972SMPP.18.043.9445
%N Nr 4 (170)
%P 9-30
%K economic transnationalism, political transnationalism, refugees, contemporary Polish migration, Solidarity, collective action, public good
%@ 2081-4488
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/smpp/artykul/political-economic-transnational-behavior-a-case-study-of-the-polish-american-economic-forum
%X This article presents a case study of the Polish American Economic Forum as an example of public transnational behavior in intertwining economic and political spheres. The organization was formed in 1989, primarily by Solidarity refugees and other contemporary migrants, along with a small number of Polish Americans and WWII émigrés who played salient roles. The migrants utilized cross-national networks and bi-cultural knowledge to create a nonprofi t organization to promote investment in Poland’s emerging private sector economy, which they also defi ned as political support for the new government. The transnational networks of these contemporary Polish migrants in the U.S. were simultaneously embedded in both the home and host countries.