The Limits of the German Minority Project in Post-communist Poland

Scale, Space and Democratic Deliberation

Bibliographic Data

ID11048989
AuthorsMichael Fleming (0000-0001-8410-3119, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume31
Issue4
Pages391-411
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/0090599032000152915
OpenAlexW1965453748
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This paper explores the development of the German minority community in Postcommunist Poland, focusing specifically upon the Opole Silesia voivodship. I argue that the minority's successful engagement within democratic fora at all spatial scales allowed the minority to voice its concerns and secure funds to develop its community infrastructure. However, as the 1990s progressed, the minority's ability to manipulate a politics of scale declined as the policy objectives of key allies were achieved or reformulated. Furthermore, the changing contours of the minority–majority relationship within Poland have exposed significant cleavages within the minority, bringing into question the continued relevance of the German minority political party for the constituency it claims to represent

Communism · Deliberation · Democracy · Geography · German · Peninsula · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Public Administration

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