This is a major work, one that brings together nuanced multilevel research at the empirical level and strikingly new theorizing at the middle range. It is a landmark in the sociology of immigration.

Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University

A fascinating, theoretically grounded, and empirically rich answer to questions about why migrants loom so large when they make up such a small percentage of the actual population. An invaluable contribution to how 'migration attitudes' form, why they are so stubbornly intractable, and how they are deeply rooted in specific socio-historical contexts.

Peggy Levitt, author of Transnational Social Protection: Changing Social Welfare in a World on the Move

This excellent book brings us closer to a deeper understanding of one of our time's most pressing issues within, as well as beyond, Czech society—the formation of migration attitudes. With nuanced analysis and creative methodology, the authors take the readers into the historical and contextual roles of the landscapes of meaning that shape the boundary makings of the 'other' and the unproblematic 'we.' By utilizing visual, labeling, and media analysis through the lens of critical cultural sociology, this book also advances the cultural sociological theorization of migration studies.

Anna Lund, Stockholm University

A Critical Cultural Sociological Exploration of Attitudes toward Migration in Czechia deals with a highly topical subject. Its findings are valuable, and not only in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. Although much attention is currently being paid to migration attitudes, this book, based on the lens of cultural sociology, is original in many ways. Through the study of symbolic boundaries, boundary work, and cultural repertoires, it offers deeper insights into the formation of migration attitudes, unpacks their various nuances, and situates them within a broader cultural framework.

Karel Cada, Charles University