%0 Journal Article
%T Motives for Civic Integration: Polish Immigrants in Iceland
%A Nowicka, Monika
%J Zoon Politikon
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.006.10062
%N Special Issue 2018
%P 112-132
%K immigrants, civic integration, naturalization, Iceland, citizenship
%@ 2082-7806
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zoon-politikon/article/motives-for-civic-integration-polish-immigrants-in-iceland
%X The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the reasons why Polish immigrants in Iceland want to apply for Icelandic citizenship. As a result of the analysis, four main motivations for adopting Icelandic citizenship were distinguished: 1) the possibility of visa-free travel to the USA; 2) applying for citizenship "just in case"; 3) obtaining rights that only the Icelanders have and 4) the ability to decide about the fate of the community in which immigrants live. The analysis is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews carried out in Iceland in 2014.