Identity Strategies Of Stateless Ethnic Minority Groups In Contemporary Poland

Author : Ewa Michna,Katarzyna Warmińska
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030415754

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Identity Strategies of Stateless Ethnic Minority Groups in Contemporary Poland by Ewa Michna,Katarzyna Warmińska Pdf

This book provides a unique description of the identity strategies of stateless ethnic minorities in Poland. It describes and analyses the identity politics carried out by these groups, aimed at obtaining recognition of a separate status from the Polish state (a dominant group) in the symbolic and legal realms. On the one hand, comparative analysis of the activity undertaken by Lemkos, Polish Tatars, Roma, Kashubians, Karaims and Silesians will allow us to present the specifics of each of the communities, resulting from the special nature of their ethnicity. On the other hand, it will show some typical strategies for stateless groups in the field of identity and ethnicity. Critical factors here are processes such as building ethnic borders, dealing with a non-privileged position, striving to achieve recognition for the status quo of a particular identity or politicization of ethnicity. The subjects are mostly indigenous groups, and the lack of legitimacy of emancipation in their own nation-state can determine their status as an ‘in-between’ in the context of ethnic relations in Poland. In the analysis undertaken in the book of the activity of the ethnic groups there are three main contexts: intragroup, state policy and the global discourse of the rights of minorities. They determine the choice of identity strategy and adopted policy of identity. Not without significance is also the historical context, especially the political transformation in Poland after 1989, when Polish state policy towards ethnic minorities changed fundamentally - moving from the mono-national ideology of a socialist state to a pluralistic model of a democratic state. Gathering diverse examples in one volume will allow the reader to become familiar with the complex topic of ethnic relations in the world today, and especially in Central Europe, which is still in the process of change.

Author : Stanley D. Brunn,Donna Gilbreath
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2670 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030943509

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COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies by Stanley D. Brunn,Donna Gilbreath Pdf

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the causes and impacts of COVID-19 on populations, economies, politics, institutions and environments from all world regions. The book maps the causes, effects and impacts of the virus and describes the impact of the virus on among others health care, teaching and learning, travel, tourism, daily life, local and regional economies, media impacts, elections, and indigenous populations and much more. Contributions to this book come from the humanities, social and policy science disciplines as well as from emerging transdisciplinary fields including climate change, sustainability, health care and epidemiology, security, art, visualization, economic and social well-being, law and borderland studies. As such, this book will be a rich source of information to all those geographers, social scientists and urban and regional planners working in this field.

Author : Stanley Bill,Simon Lewis
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822990192

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Multicultural Commonwealth by Stanley Bill,Simon Lewis Pdf

An Innovative Study on Historical Multiculturalism in Central and Eastern Europe The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) was once the largest country in Europe—a multicultural republic that was home to Belarusians, Germans, Jews, Lithuanians, Poles, Ruthenians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and other ethnic and religious groups. Although long since dissolved, the Commonwealth remains a rich resource for mythmaking in its descendent modern-day states, but also a source of contention between those with different understandings of its history. Multicultural Commonwealth brings together the expertise of world-renowned scholars in a range of disciplines to present perspectives on both the Commonwealth’s historical diversity and the memory of this diversity. With cutting-edge research on the intermeshed histories and memories of different ethnic and religious groups of the Commonwealth, this volume asks how various contemporary conceptions of multiculturalism can be applied to the region through a critical lens that also seeks to understand the past on its own terms.

Author : Petr Skalník
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031068058

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Ernest Gellner’s Legacy and Social Theory Today by Petr Skalník Pdf

This edited volume examines the critical issues of the 21st century through the prism of Ernest Gellner’s work. The contributors look critically at Gellner ́s legacy, questioning whether he remains an inspiration for today’s social theorists. Chapters proactively probe Gellner’s thoughts on a variety of pressing topics—modernity, postcolonialsm, nationalism, and more—without losing sight of current debates on these issues. This volume further brings these debates to life by having each chapter followed by a comment by an academic peer of the chapter author, thus transforming the text into a lively and dynamic conversation.

Author : Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 9462403651

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The World's Stateless by Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion Pdf

Introduction -- Africa -- Americas -- Asia and the Pacific -- Europe -- Middle East and North Africa (MENA) -- Introduction -- The right of every child to a nationality -- Migration, displacement and childhood statelessness -- The sustainable development agenda and childhood statelessness -- Safeguards against childhood statelessness -- Litigation and legal assistance to address childhood statelessness -- Mobilising to address childhood statelessness

Author : Alexander Krämer,Florian Fischer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030031558

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Refugee Migration and Health by Alexander Krämer,Florian Fischer Pdf

This book focuses on the closely interlinked areas of refugee migration and health. It discusses the main challenges of the recent unprecedented, extremely diverse and mostly unregulated refugee migration wave for Germany and Europe, and offers a broader view of refugee health from a European perspective. Health issues can lead to several challenges for refugees as well as healthcare providers, and as such the book also examines the requirements for the management of migrant populations in terms of medical care and health system adaptations, and includes theoretical aspects of refugee migration and health as well as various perspectives on the latest developments. Lastly, it describes the healthcare system demands and responses for short- and long-term care of refugees.

Author : Andreea Udrea,David Smith,Karl Cordell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000434095

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Poland's Kin-State Policies by Andreea Udrea,David Smith,Karl Cordell Pdf

The increased engagement of states with their co-ethnics abroad has recently become one of the most contentious features of European politics. Until recently, the issue has been discussed predominantly within the paradigm of international security; yet a review of the broader European picture shows that kin-state engagement can in fact have a positive societal impact when it actually responds effectively to the claims formulated by co-ethnic communities themselves. Poland's Kin-State Policies: Opportunities and Challenges offers new insights into this issue by examining Poland’s fast-evolving relationship with Polish communities living beyond its borders. Its central focus is the Act on the Polish Card (generally known as Karta Polaka). Tracing policymaking processes and the underlying political agendas that have shaped them, the volume situates Poland’s engagement within broader conceptual and normative debates around kin-state and diaspora politics and explores its reception and impact in neighbouring states (Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania). The volume highlights how the issue of co-ethnics abroad is increasingly being instrumentalised, most especially for the purposes of attracting labour migration to resolve the demographic crisis in Poland. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.

Author : Szabolcs Pogonyi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319524672

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Extra-Territorial Ethnic Politics, Discourses and Identities in Hungary by Szabolcs Pogonyi Pdf

This book explores the causes and consequences of the discursive and legal construction of the Hungarian transborder nation through the institutionalization of non-resident citizenship and voting. Through the in-depth analysis of Hungarian transborder and diaspora politics, this book investigates how the political engagement of non-resident Hungarians impacts inter- and intra-state ethnic relations. In addition, the research also explores how institutional changes and shifting discursive strategies reify and redefine ethnic belonging narratives and the self-perception of Hungarians living outside the country. The research uses a multidisciplinary qualitative methodology which includes institutional (historical, rational choice and sociological) analysis, discourse analysis as well as interpretive methods. Through the inventive application of multiple methodologies, the book goes beyond the mostly institutional/legal analysis dominant in the study of citizenship.

Author : Alice Edwards,Laura van Waas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107032446

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Nationality and Statelessness under International Law by Alice Edwards,Laura van Waas Pdf

This book identifies the rights of stateless people and outlines the major legal obstacles preventing the eradication of statelessness.

Author : United Nations,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D035326161

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Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights by United Nations,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

"The present guide offers information related to norms and mechanisms developed to protect the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. It includes detailed information about procedures and forums in which minority issues may be raised to minorities and by also covering selected specialized agencies and regional mechanisms, the present Guide complements information contained in Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society"--Introduction.

Author : Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński,Tomasz Wicherkiewicz
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039119753

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The Kashubs by Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński,Tomasz Wicherkiewicz Pdf

The Kashubs, a regional autochthonous group inhabiting northern Poland, represent one of the most dynamic ethnic groups in Europe. As a community, they have undergone significant political, social, economic and cultural change over the last hundred years. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Kashubs were citizens of Germany. In the period between the two World Wars they were divided between three political entities: the Republic of Poland, the Free City of Danzig and Germany. During the Second World War, many Kashubs were murdered, and communist Poland subsequently tried to destroy the social ties that bound the community together. The year 1989 finally brought about a democratic breakthrough, at which point the Kashubs became actively engaged in the construction of their regional identity, with the Kashubian language performing a particularly important role.<BR> This volume is the first scholarly monograph on the history, culture and language of the Kashubs to be published in English since 1935. The book systematically explores the most important aspects of Kashubian identity - national, regional, linguistic, cultural and religious - from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Author : Keith Sword
Publisher : School of Slavonic and East European Studie Ege London
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113641240

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Identity in Flux by Keith Sword Pdf

Author : Thomas W. Simon
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780739149805

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Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection by Thomas W. Simon Pdf

In Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection: Designation, Discrimination, and Brutalization, Thomas W. Simon examines a new framework for considering ethnic conflicts. In contrast to the more traditional theories of justice, Simon's theory of injustice shifts focus away from group identity toward group harms, effectively making many problems, such as how to define minorities in international law, dramatically more manageable.

Author : Andreea Udrea,Karl Cordell,David J. Smith,Routledge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032040297

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Poland's Kin-state Policies by Andreea Udrea,Karl Cordell,David J. Smith,Routledge Pdf

Author : Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287159327

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Documents by Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly Pdf