This paper concerns the status of regional studies in political science research. Analysing the theory of the dual unity of Silesia presented by the Polish political scientist Józef Kokot, the author attempts to formulate theoretical criteria that make a region an object of interest for political scientists and regional studies, a subdiscipline of political science.
{"title":"Regional studies and political science. The theory of the dual unity of Silesia","authors":"Lech Rubisz","doi":"10.25167/brs4601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/brs4601","url":null,"abstract":"This paper concerns the status of regional studies in political science research. Analysing the theory of the dual unity of Silesia presented by the Polish political scientist Józef Kokot, the author attempts to formulate theoretical criteria that make a region an object of interest for political scientists and regional studies, a subdiscipline of political science.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133277284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article is aimed on the security problems connected with ethnic issues in the region of western part of Czech Silesia in years 1946–1948. After the end of World war II came to the Czech borderland great number of new residents. The article deals with the security corps’ attitudes towards members of individual nationalities and examines the differences in their perceptions.
{"title":"Ethnic issues in the western part of Czech Silesia from the perspective of state security forces in the years 1946 to 1948","authors":"Lubomír Hlavienka","doi":"10.25167/brs4502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/brs4502","url":null,"abstract":"The article is aimed on the security problems connected with ethnic issues in the region of western part of Czech Silesia in years 1946–1948. After the end of World war II came to the Czech borderland great number of new residents. The article deals with the security corps’ attitudes towards members of individual nationalities and examines the differences in their perceptions.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121675326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The objective of this paper is to present the attributes of political subjectivity of the Silesians in the context of the debate on the 2021 National Population and Housing Census, as well as the accompanying debate on the attempt to amend the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and regional language, which provides for the inclusion of the Silesian language as a regional language in the provisions of the Act. The thesis presented in this text assumes that the agitation and commitment related to the census not only make it possible to analyse the sense of identity and/or distinctiveness of the Silesians and to develop, for instance, reflection on the issue of recognition, but also open up a space for research on the political subjectivity of those who identify with Silesianness. I intend to use a political theory interpretation that does not focus on political competition or participation in the governing process, but takes into account political activities of individuals and groups also outside the strictly state sphere in the field where various social and political aspirations and interests interact.
{"title":"Attributes of the Silesians’ political subjectivity in the context of a debate on the 2021 National Population and Housing Census and attempts to establish the Silesian language as a regional language","authors":"Magdalena Ozimek-Hanslik","doi":"10.25167/brs4477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/brs4477","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to present the attributes of political subjectivity of the Silesians in the context of the debate on the 2021 National Population and Housing Census, as well as the accompanying debate on the attempt to amend the Act of 6 January 2005 on national and ethnic minorities and regional language, which provides for the inclusion of the Silesian language as a regional language in the provisions of the Act. The thesis presented in this text assumes that the agitation and commitment related to the census not only make it possible to analyse the sense of identity and/or distinctiveness of the Silesians and to develop, for instance, reflection on the issue of recognition, but also open up a space for research on the political subjectivity of those who identify with Silesianness. I intend to use a political theory interpretation that does not focus on political competition or participation in the governing process, but takes into account political activities of individuals and groups also outside the strictly state sphere in the field where various social and political aspirations and interests interact.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123803658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As asserted by Will Kymlicka, the recognition and accommodation of national minorities leads to a dilemma. Indeed, if denying them these rights can contribute to their willingness to secede, allowing them to self-govern can also ultimately lead to the weakening of their ties with the state in which they are integrated. This tension well described in Kymlicka’s Multicultural Citizenship and in his later works remains nonetheless without an explicit solution. This text addresses this question by suggesting that the dialogical dynamic behind the recognition and accommodation of national minorities hides a purely political patriotism stemming from the neo-republican tradition that is complementary to the nationalist sense of attachment that members of national minorities will inevitably come to feel toward their societal culture.
{"title":"The Ties that Bind: Kymlicka and the Problem of Political Unity in Multination States","authors":"J. Caron","doi":"10.25167/brs4525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/brs4525","url":null,"abstract":"As asserted by Will Kymlicka, the recognition and accommodation of national minorities leads to a dilemma. Indeed, if denying them these rights can contribute to their willingness to secede, allowing them to self-govern can also ultimately lead to the weakening of their ties with the state in which they are integrated. This tension well described in Kymlicka’s Multicultural Citizenship and in his later works remains nonetheless without an explicit solution. This text addresses this question by suggesting that the dialogical dynamic behind the recognition and accommodation of national minorities hides a purely political patriotism stemming from the neo-republican tradition that is complementary to the nationalist sense of attachment that members of national minorities will inevitably come to feel toward their societal culture.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122091883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Owing to its geopolitical position, history of shifting borders, and multiethnic-multilingual population, Transcarpathia provides a convenient environment to study how ethnicity interplays with the economy. The present research aims to examine the role of formal and informal ethnic social capital in the life of Transcarpathian enterprises. The research is based on mainly semi-structured interviews conducted with foreign investors in Transcarpathia and with local Transcarpathian Hungarian entrepreneurs as well as with representatives of business organizations related to the given community. I also analyzed economic databases and statistical data. The results of the research imply that informal relationships are essential in the operation of enterprises, however, these relationships are not always organized on an ethnic basis. I argue that institutionalized relations have not played an important role in the case of foreign enterprises. However, among Transcarpathian Hungarian entrepreneurs, the role of formal ethnic relations has increased due to the financial support provided by Hungary.
{"title":"The Role of Ethnic Social Capital in the Operation of Entrepreneurs in Transcarpathia, Ukraine","authors":"Katalin Kovály","doi":"10.25167/brs4505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/brs4505","url":null,"abstract":"Owing to its geopolitical position, history of shifting borders, and multiethnic-multilingual population, Transcarpathia provides a convenient environment to study how ethnicity interplays with the economy. The present research aims to examine the role of formal and informal ethnic social capital in the life of Transcarpathian enterprises. The research is based on mainly semi-structured interviews conducted with foreign investors in Transcarpathia and with local Transcarpathian Hungarian entrepreneurs as well as with representatives of business organizations related to the given community. I also analyzed economic databases and statistical data. The results of the research imply that informal relationships are essential in the operation of enterprises, however, these relationships are not always organized on an ethnic basis. I argue that institutionalized relations have not played an important role in the case of foreign enterprises. However, among Transcarpathian Hungarian entrepreneurs, the role of formal ethnic relations has increased due to the financial support provided by Hungary.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"223 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116029360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study concerns the analysis of the intensity of regional ties, in particular those between border regions. Given its strictly methodological character, the goal of this study is to delineate the possible uses of numerical taxonomy in assessing the intensity of cross-border ties. The first section of the text recounts the methodological problems resulting from the use of qualitative and quantitative data in regional studies, while also outlining a strategy of measuring cross-border ties within the scope of the taxonomic measure. This is followed by an analysis showcasing the potential of the proposed methodology in assessing ties between border regions.
{"title":"The Use of the Taxonomic Measure in Assessing the Intensity of Border Regions Interaction","authors":"Łukasz D. Wróblewski","doi":"10.25167/BRS3854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/BRS3854","url":null,"abstract":"This study concerns the analysis of the intensity of regional ties, in particular those between border regions. Given its strictly methodological character, the goal of this study is to delineate the possible uses of numerical taxonomy in assessing the intensity of cross-border ties. The first section of the text recounts the methodological problems resulting from the use of qualitative and quantitative data in regional studies, while also outlining a strategy of measuring cross-border ties within the scope of the taxonomic measure. This is followed by an analysis showcasing the potential of the proposed methodology in assessing ties between border regions.","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129269098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
For many years, social capital has been the subject of research in various areas and social environments. What is worth diagnosing is not so much its functioning or formation, but its management, i.e. deliberate development aimed at achieving individual or collective benefits. The cultural borderland region of the Racibórz area, especially the town, is a good case for an analysis of such phenomena, because, over the centuries, the town has been part of various administrative and economic regimes and thus has developed forms of social capital independent of state structures. The main research questions in this paper are the following: What remains of them today? Are they subject to management processes?
{"title":"Social Capital Management. A Case Study of the Town of Racibórz","authors":"R. Geisler, Michał Potracki","doi":"10.25167/BRS3805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/BRS3805","url":null,"abstract":"For many years, social capital has been the subject of research in various areas and social environments. What is worth diagnosing is not so much its functioning or formation, but its management, i.e. deliberate development aimed at achieving individual or collective benefits. The cultural borderland region of the Racibórz area, especially the town, is a good case for an analysis of such phenomena, because, over the centuries, the town has been part of various administrative and economic regimes and thus has developed forms of social capital independent of state structures. The main research questions in this paper are the following: What remains of them today? Are they subject to management processes?","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126350187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Artykuł koncentruje się na niedawno wydanej książce poświęconej fragmentom pogranicza polsko-niemieckiego: Cud pogranicza? Zgorzelczanie, gubinianie i słubiczanie o życiu w miastach podzielonych. Jest to analiza porównawcza tego, jak transgraniczny wymiar życia w tych miastach jest portretowany przez ich mieszkańców. Książka jest oparta na empirycznych badaniach przeprowadzonych w tych miastach przez autorki (Kamillę Dolińską, Julitę Makaro i Natalię Niedźwiecką-Iwańczak – wrocławskie socjolożki) w latach 2010–2015. Należy podkreślić, że artykuł nie jest zwykłą recenzją. Poza jej „tradycyjnymi” elementami, zawiera on bowiem komentarze na temat socjologii pogranicza i rozważania dotyczące pogranicza i relacji polsko-niemieckich. W ten sposób dochodzimy do centralnej części tekstu, tj. ontologii cudu, który wydarzył się (lub nie) w owych trzech miastach podzielonych tego pogranicza. Taka mieszana natura artykułu skutkuje jego nietypową strukturą, jako że nie stawiam w nim hipotez, a moja metoda badawcza sprowadza się do odniesienia ustaleń autorek do literatury przedmiotu oraz mojej własnej wiedzy na temat badanej rzeczywistości. W artykule zajmuję się naturą cudu zasygnalizowanego w tytule książki, a także pytajnika, którym opatrzono frazę „cud pogranicza”. W konkluzji przychylam się do stanowiska autorek, które piszą, że obecnie nie można jednoznacznie stwierdzić, że cud ów wydarzył się w badanych miastach. Jednocześnie zaakcentowałbym mocniej, że odległość, która dzieli stan obecny oraz rzeczony cud, jest mniejsza, niż się wydaje. Poza tym uwypukliłbym, że lepiej byłoby tu mówić o cudzie normalności niż po prostu o cudzie. Ostatecznie jednak podkreślam, że książka znacząco poszerza naszą wiedzę na temat transgranicznego aspektu życia w polsko-niemieckich miastach podzielonych, a moje uwagi sygnalizują raczej nieco inne rozłożenie akcentów niż rzeczywistą korektę.
{"title":"Ontologia cudu, egzegeza pytajnika i inne inspiracje z polsko-niemieckich miast podzielonych - jako pokłosie lektury monografii wrocławskich socjolożek pogranicza","authors":"Marcin Dębicki","doi":"10.25167/ppbs943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25167/ppbs943","url":null,"abstract":"Artykuł koncentruje się na niedawno wydanej książce poświęconej fragmentom pogranicza polsko-niemieckiego: Cud pogranicza? Zgorzelczanie, gubinianie i słubiczanie o życiu w miastach podzielonych. Jest to analiza porównawcza tego, jak transgraniczny wymiar życia w tych miastach jest portretowany przez ich mieszkańców. Książka jest oparta na empirycznych badaniach przeprowadzonych w tych miastach przez autorki (Kamillę Dolińską, Julitę Makaro i Natalię Niedźwiecką-Iwańczak – wrocławskie socjolożki) w latach 2010–2015. \u0000Należy podkreślić, że artykuł nie jest zwykłą recenzją. Poza jej „tradycyjnymi” elementami, zawiera on bowiem komentarze na temat socjologii pogranicza i rozważania dotyczące pogranicza i relacji polsko-niemieckich. W ten sposób dochodzimy do centralnej części tekstu, tj. ontologii cudu, który wydarzył się (lub nie) w owych trzech miastach podzielonych tego pogranicza. Taka mieszana natura artykułu skutkuje jego nietypową strukturą, jako że nie stawiam w nim hipotez, a moja metoda badawcza sprowadza się do odniesienia ustaleń autorek do literatury przedmiotu oraz mojej własnej wiedzy na temat badanej rzeczywistości. \u0000W artykule zajmuję się naturą cudu zasygnalizowanego w tytule książki, a także pytajnika, którym opatrzono frazę „cud pogranicza”. W konkluzji przychylam się do stanowiska autorek, które piszą, że obecnie nie można jednoznacznie stwierdzić, że cud ów wydarzył się w badanych miastach. Jednocześnie zaakcentowałbym mocniej, że odległość, która dzieli stan obecny oraz rzeczony cud, jest mniejsza, niż się wydaje. Poza tym uwypukliłbym, że lepiej byłoby tu mówić o cudzie normalności niż po prostu o cudzie. Ostatecznie jednak podkreślam, że książka znacząco poszerza naszą wiedzę na temat transgranicznego aspektu życia w polsko-niemieckich miastach podzielonych, a moje uwagi sygnalizują raczej nieco inne rozłożenie akcentów niż rzeczywistą korektę. ","PeriodicalId":431553,"journal":{"name":"Pogranicze. Polish Borderlands Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131711451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badania postaw oraz opinii przedstawicieli samorządów, które przeprowadzono w kadencji 2010–2014 w Opolu oraz Ołomuńcu. Badania miały na celu porównanie poglądów i postaw radnych wobec wybranych narzędzi związanych z partycypacją i demokratycznym sposobem sprawowania władzy na poziomie lokalnym. Badania wykazały, że poglądy i postawy polityków na wybieralnych stanowiskach najbardziej różnią się w tych kwestiach, w których polscy i czescy samorządowcy mają osobiste doświadczenie (np. referendum, budżet obywatelski).
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