BEZPIECZEŃSTWO SOCJALNE TO ZA MAŁO. POLSKA POLITYKA SPOŁECZNA A ZAGADNIENIE INTEGRACJI SPOŁECZNEJ IMIGRANTÓW

The article explores the issue of the integration of foreigners in contemporary Poland from the perspective of certain problems typical for the social policy research and practice. After defining the main concepts, the text examines the question of social integration and its three aspects. The first aspect refers to the formal regulatory issues. The second is the psycho-cultural aspect of the integration of foreigners. The main category applied here is the notion of „ontological security” understood in Anthony Giddens’ fashion. The third aspect, the one most commonly explored, relates to the dilemmas posed by the marginalization of discriminated groups, foreigners included. The overall purpose of the analysis is to demonstrate that if the category of ontological security is included in the research traditionally dominated by the social security narrative, a better understanding could be achieved of the intricacies of the process of „negotiating” the immigrants’ position in Polish society.