PZ 2014 II: The Republic of National and Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants
We would like to present Przegląd Zachodni – the journal of the Institute for Western Affairs in Poznań in English version: The Republic of National and Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants (PZ 2014 II).
Authors of papers included in this volume of “Przegląd Zachodni”, review and discuss old and new developments and problems, trying to answer the fundamental question whether Poland is a country of many nationalities, ethnic groups, and cultures? They discuss various interpretations of terms used to define nationality and ethnicity as well as determinants of identity; they discuss legal regulations concerning minority groups and try to determine the level of minorities’ internal integration and assimilability. Due to the breadth and specificity of the issue, the discussions presented in no way exhaust it. They, however, offer important historical, legal, political, and sociological perspectives on Poland and its regions as well as discussions on the situation of national minorities like Lithuanians, Germans, Vietnamese and ethnic minorities like Silesians, Kashubians and Karaites.
The topic of this volume was a research area of Professor Andrzej Kwilecki, a prominent member of Poznań sociological community who has been highly involved in the life of our Institute for Western Affairs. We like to congratulate Professor on the occasion of his 85th birthday and dedicated this volume of “Przeglad Zachodni” .
“Przegląd Zachodni” [Western Review] 2014, No. II is the English edition of the Polish academic quarterly “Przegląd Zachodni” 2013, No. 3.
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- Marceli Kosman, The Polish Res Publica of National and Ethnic Minorities. From the Piasts to the 20th Century
- Julita Makaro, National Minority as a Political and Sociological Category
- Grażyna Baranowska, Legal Regulations on National and Ethnic Minorities in Poland
- Łukasz Skoczylas, Poland’s Multicultural Future vis-à-vis Criticism of the Policy of Multiculturalism
- Ewa Godlewska, National and Ethnic Minorities in Poland in the Opinions of the Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe
- Krzysztof Tarka, Lithuanians in the Third Republic of Poland
- Piotr Luczys, Krzysztof Rataj, Karaims: The Identity Question
- Anna Śliz, Marek S. Szczepański, Between Ethnicity and Nationality. A Sociological Case Study of the Upper Silesians’ Group
- Patrycja Bałdys, A Silesian Revolt? Identity Restitution Processes in Upper Silesia and the Idea of a Unitary State
- Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński, Kashubians 25 Years after the Profound Regime Change
- Magdalena Lemańczyk, German Minority Leaders in Gdańsk Pomerania after 1989
- Patryk Pawełczak, National and Ethnic Minorities in the Greater Poland Voivodship
- Ewa Nowicka, Young Vietnamese Generation in Poland: Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place
Przegląd Zachodni in English version was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education ("Index Plus" programme, project number: Ix P0209 2012).