The Polish Minority in Germany

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Bibliographic Data

ID12891981
AuthorsKarl Cordell (University of Plymouth, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume20
Issue1
Pages83-95
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449057.2020.1808327
OpenAlexW3120361660
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

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

Economics · Element (criminal law · Ethnic group · European union · Parochialism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · State (computer science · European Politics and Security · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies