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The phenomenon of multiculturalism. The case of Poland
2017
One of the most important global processes nowadays is migration. Its result is, interalia, the deepening multiculturalism. It can take the form of a social phenomenon, political project or society. In this article we have focused on multiculturalism as a social phenomenon. It means the presence of different cultures with an ethnic background of their diversity in a specific social space and historical moment. They exist together and accept the mutually distinct ethnic (cultural) difference. The origins of the phenomenon of multiculturalism go back to ancient times, although then the phenomenon did not have a scientific framework of analysis. Such ones appeared in the 70s and 80s of the twe…
Fuzzy Identities in (Dis)Integrating Europe: Discursive Identifications of Poles in Britain Following Brexit
2019
This study explores the fuzzy discursive identifications of Polish residents in Britain following the Brexit referendum by using a corpus of Polish-language glocal media materials (Moja.Wyspa.co.uk). Fuzziness is defined and operationalized on three levels: with respect to (1) online media technologies (global/local; above-/below-the-line) that allow diverse voices; (2) identity positions of non-native residents (Polish migrants as EU citizens at a destabilizing moment) who are left with the sense of anomie and “in-betweenness”; (3) discursive strategies of self-presentation mobilized in the ongoing processes of identification, whose analysis sometimes transcends classificatory grids offere…
Politikas zinātne: Identitātes maiņa, pārklāšanās un mijiedarbība
2005
This collection of essays explores different aspects of the complex problem of identity, placing special emphasis on ethnic and political identity.
La discriminación racial o étnica: marco jurídico, formas y protección = Racial and ethnic discrimination: regulatory framework, forms and protection
2019
Resumen: El desarrollo de los instrumentos jurídicos internacionales y europeos relativos a la prohibición de la discriminación racial o étnica ha sido significativo en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, dicho marco regulatorio necesita un mayor perfeccionamiento e implementación que permita también combatir las nuevas formas de discriminación. En esa línea, este trabajo realiza una revisión crítica de la normativa internacional y europea sobre la materia y establece el estado actual de la cuestión. Desde ese análisis, para consolidar los instrumentos de protección del derecho antidiscriminatorio, se propone fortalecer los estándares jurisprudenciales y desarrollar la función de los organism…
Supremacy of English in Tourism Research
2010
Alternative Civil Enculturation
2010
The article investigates the ways in which minority schools in Latvia, Estonia, and Slovakia resist the dominant narratives of nation and citizenship and provide an alternative model of civil enculturation for students. It provides evidence to support the hypothesis that differences between competing narratives of statehood and nationhood among schools of two major ethnic groups in each country constitute relatively separate models of civil enculturation that may be shaped by political and social factors outside the school, such as power relations among groups.
The Slovak Case: From Upper Hungary’s Slavophone Populus to Slovak Nationalism and the Czechoslovak Nation
2009
As a political entity, Slovakia emerged in 1918 within the broader framework of Czechoslovakia. The ethnonym ‘Slovak,’ though known since the mid-15th century, denoted either a Slav in general or a Slavophone inhabitant of Upper Hungary. Only in the course of the 19th century was the usage limited exclusively to the latter case. Although the name ‘Slovakia’ for the region where the Slovaks lived appeared at the end of the 18th century, it did not gain any official recognition until 1918 when Czechoslovakia came into being. Clearly, the nationalism of the Slovaks is much more steeped in ethnicity than that of the Magyars, the Poles, or the Czechs (Flajshans 1924: 5, 307).
Book Review: The Politics of Multiple Belonging: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe and East Asia
2006
Paradise Lost? The Collapse of Dutch Multiculturalism and the Birth of Islamophobic Post-Liberalism
2013
The aim of this chapter is to shed light on the integration debate in the Netherlands, and especially on the prominent role of Islam and cultural issues in this debate (Boomkens 2010: 307). Arguably more than in any other European country, anti-Islamic sentiment has produced political consequences, including the formation of three political parties on a principally anti-Islamic platform (Leefbar Nederland (Liveable Netherlands), List Pim Fortuyn and Partij voor de Vrijheid (Freedom Party)) since 2000 and the dismantling of key aspects of state-supported multiculturalism, including a cessation of ethnic monitoring of labour market participation, the withdrawal of national-level funding for m…
State–Religious Relationships in Ethiopia
2016
In this chapter, Steen-Johnsen depicts how the Ethiopian regime uses fear tactics in order to keep the religious peacebuilders in accordance with their political strategies. She presents rich empirical material describing how religious leaders engaged in peacebuilding fear sanctions if they do not adhere to the strategies of the regime. She finds that processes of securitization as well as historical patterns of state–religious interactions affect how political strategies are enacted in Ethiopia. She argues that these findings make a strong argument of considering how the enactment of political strategies influences the scope of opportunities of religious peacemakers.