Non-Electoral Politicization and Localization of Ethnic Groups in Poland: in Search of a Relationship | South-Russian Journal of Social Sciences
Non-Electoral Politicization and Localization of Ethnic Groups in Poland: in Search of a Relationship
Vol. 24 (2023) No. 2, Political Institutions and Processes
Vol. 24 (2023) No. 2
Political Institutions and Processes

Non-Electoral Politicization and Localization of Ethnic Groups in Poland: in Search of a Relationship

Isobchuk M.V.
Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1204-4313
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https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-24-2-95-104
https://doi.org/10.31429/26190567-24-2-95-104

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Isobchuk M.V. (2023) Non-Electoral Politicization and Localization of Ethnic Groups in Poland: in Search of a Relationship. South-Russian Journal of Social Sciences, 24 (2), pp. 95-104. DOI: 10.31429/26190567-24-2-95-104 (In Russian)
Submission Date 2023-05-12
Accepted Date 2023-06-25
Published Date 2023-07-31

Copyright (c) 2023 Мария Вячеславовна Исобчук

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Abstract

The politicization of ethnic communities serves as the pivotal mechanism for their placement within the political arena and serves as a defining factor in their pursuit of political agency status. Modern political science identifies several potential factors that drive the politicization of ethnic groups, such as ethnic group deprivation, institutional opportunities for gaining agency status, specific policies of the central government towards ethnic groups, and others. This paper focuses on one such factor — localization of ethnic groups. The study seeks to reveal the relationship between localization of an ethnic group and its non- electoral politicization (establishing ethnic organizations) by using Poland as an example. Empirical verification of the hypothesis by means of quantitative test methods led to the conclusion that no such connection existed. Probably, in this case, institutional opportunities such as the support of organizations through European funds and regional support programs are more significant than the structural factors that directly relate to the characteristics of ethnic minorities. Certainly, in some cases, a correlation can be observed between the localization and politicization of ethnic groups. However, this effect is only evident when the minority group is maximally localized, such as the Belarusians in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. In other cases, this correlation is not detected. These results have the potential to contribute to future research on the non-electoral politicization of ethnic groups in a comparative context, particularly in situations where electoral mobilization is not possible due to normative or other constraints.

Keywords

politicization, localization of ethnic groups, ethnic organizations, ethnic groups, non-electoral politicization

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