02058nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245015100055210006900206260001200275300001200287490000600299520136000305653010701665100002201772856010601794       2017                        eng d  a2300-168200aParticipation of the Vietnamese Community in Poland in the Socio-Political Life at the Local Level: Present Situation and Prospects for the Future0 aParticipation of the Vietnamese Community in Poland in the Socio  c12/2017  a163-1750 v63 a<p>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 Vietnamese 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 participation 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 institutions. 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.</p>10aVietnamese community; economic migration; public participation; political participation; voting rights1 aPokojska, Justyna  uhttp://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/Pokojska_Participation_of_the_Vietnamese_Community.pdf