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The Polish Minority in Germany: Marginal or Marginalised?
- Source :
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Ethnopolitics . Jan2021, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p83-95. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper commences with some general observations on Poland's kin-state policy followed by an analysis of that element of kin-state policy concerned with the Polish minority in Germany. The paper argues that the recent invigoration of kin-state politics cannot be viewed in isolation from wider global political trends. Rather it contends that this increased concern with the fate of claimed ethnic kin is part of a wider trend towards the privileging of identity politics. It is further argued that in turn this impulse is located within the growth of populism, the celebration of parochialism, anti-globalisation sentiment and Euroscepticism, all of which have been fuelled by the financial crash of 2007/2008. The paper concludes by pointing to a paradox between the pursuit of policies that seek to prioritise ethnic identification with a kin-state and the commitment of member-states of the European Union to ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MINORITIES
*EUROSCEPTICISM
*IDENTITY politics
*FREEDOM of movement
*DIASPORA
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17449057
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ethnopolitics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147904603
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2020.1808327