Self-Identification Structure in Opole Silesia and the Kashubia: A Comparative Analysis
Self-Identification Structure in Opole Silesia and the Kashubia: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s): Jacek KurczewskiSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
Keywords: identity; national; ethnic; local; European
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Polish Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 157/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 87-104
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English