The Political Potential of Upper Silesian Ethnoregionalist Movement

A Study in Ethnic Identity and Political Behaviours of Upper Silesians
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46143-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 138, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology

In The Political Potential of Upper Silesian Ethnoregionalist Movement: A Study in Ethnic Identity and Political Behaviours of Upper Silesians Anna Mus offers a study on the phenomenon of ethnoregionalism in one of the regions in Poland. Since 1945, ethnopolitics in Poland have been based on the so-called assumption of the ethnic homogeneity of the Polish nation. Even the transformation of the political system to a fully democratic one in 1989 did not truly change it. However, over the last three decades, we can observe growing discontent in Upper Silesia and the politicisation of Silesian ethnicity. This is happening in a region with its own history of autonomy and culturally diversified society, where an ethnoregionalist political movement appeared already in 1989.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mu&

Mus, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Acronyms

Map

Introduction

1. Region, Ethnicity and Politics

2. Political Situation in Upper Silesia

3. Methodology

4. Political Organisations in Upper Silesia

5. Programmes and Postulates of Upper Silesian Organisations

6. Political Behaviours and Political Potential

Concluding Remarks

ANNEX I: SAMPLING – QUESTIONNAIRE

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Mus, PhD (1992) is an assistant professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice. She has published articles and a book on minority rights and regionalism, especially in Upper Silesia.