Self-Identification Structure in Opole Silesia and the Kashubia: A Comparative Analysis

• Authors: Jacek Kurczewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Data from surveys made in 2005/6 in small towns in two ethnically mixed regions-Opole Silesia and Kashubian Pomerania-are compared on issue of the local/ethnic/regional/national/European identification. Two regional profiles are different. In Silesia, there are two oppositions that account for most of identifications: Slesian versus non-Silesian and Polish versus non-Polish with some Silesians considering themselves Poles. In Kashubia almost all Kashubians consider themselves Poles but differ from non-Kashubian Poles. European identity is the least important, while local one is next to it with national and ethnic dominant.

Keywords

EN

identity; national; ethnic; local; European

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 157
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 87-104

Dates

published

2007-03-26

Contributors

author

Jacek Kurczewski

• University of Warsaw