Współczesna sytuacja mniejszości polskiej na Łotwie - ujęcie geograficzno-polityczne
Contemporary situation of Polish minority in Latvia - geographical-political approach

Summary/Abstract: Many political changes during the last centuries caused that East Europe is inhabited bymany minorities. Early 90s brought many geopolitical changes in Europe, especially asa result of the collapse of Soviet Union independence were achieved Baltic Republics.These little countries with a small population have very high ethnic diversity. Nowadaysthe national minorities are quite important part of different societies but they have alsodifferent functional possibilities. In different countries they have different legal statuswhich influence on their situations.In the article, the author presents number and distribution of main centers of the Polishminority in the Republic of Latvia in the light of the results of 2011census. The studyalso shows the main activities of social organizations and the Polish minority schools inLatvia. In the research used the sociological method of in-depth interviews with theleaders of Polish organizations, which main aim was to find out the opinion of the mostactive and the most competent group of activists.

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