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Dvije putovnice – jedna nacija? Parlamentarne rasprave o Višestrukom državljanstvu u poljskoj
Two passports – One Nation? Parliamentary Debates on Multiple Citizenship in Poland

Author(s): Agnieszka Weinar
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Institut za migracije i narodnosti
Keywords: multiple citizenship; Polish identitv; political debates; minorities; discourse;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the descriptive and analytical approach to the discursive events concerning the issue of dual/multiple citizenship. In order to reconstruct the processes leading to redefinition of Polishness among the symbolic elites, it focuses at argumentative strategies used by the disputants in the Polish parliamentary debates. The process of redefinition of political identity on this level is particularly visible in the policy discourse constructed around the legislative proposals. The rhetoric structure of this discourse reflects the dividing lines shaping the belief systems among the symbolic elites. It also shows the directions of the present and future developments of the concept of Polishness.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 2-3
  • Page Range: 193-221
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: English
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