WPROWADZENIE. MNIEJSZOŚCI NARODOWE I ETNICZNE W BADANIACH SOCJOLOGICZNYCH PO 1989 ROKU. TOŻSAMOŚCI, TEORIE, BADANIA
INTRODUCTION. NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE LIGHT OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AFTER 1989. IDENTITIES, THEORIES, STUDIES.

Summary/Abstract: In the last quarter-century many works on ethnic relations and the situation of the various national and ethnic groups in Poland have been published. We may still talk about the strong and visible development of ethnic studies in our country with the participation of both sociologists and anthropologists (ethnologists), as well as representatives of other social sciences: historians, political scientists, lawyers, etc. An overview of publishing and institutional achievements concerning national minorities in Poland shows that the issue of ethnicity in social reality has been heavily exploited by sociology. On the other hand, a real challenge remains considering the shortage of: cross-sectional publications of the entire range of ethno-linguistic diversity of Polish society and its individual groups; studies linking ethnic studies with the important theoretical issues; and work defining sociological research in this field for the next decade, as in Antonina Kłoskowska’s book Kultury narodowe u korzeni.

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