THE INFLUENCE OF THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF POLAND ON THE POLICIES TOWARDS RELIGIOUS, NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES (1989-2005)
Journal Title: Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego - Year 2009, Vol 12, Issue 12
Abstract
The article attempts to follow through a variable approach of Polish state authorities to religious and national minorities during the political transformation in Poland in 1989. New legal and institutional instruments are discussed that were intended to guarantee the minorities freedom of religion and protection of a broadly understood cultural identity. Much space is devoted to the state’s new policy toward minorities, i.e. the strategy of abandonment of assimilation endeavours in national and ethnic groups in favour of realizing their proposals and guaranteeing minority rights. The examination of bulletins recording the sittings of the Parliamentary Commission for National and Ethnic Minorities and the minutes of the Joint Commission of Government and National and Ethnic Minorities allowed the author to arrive at a number of conclusions: in the period in question, Polish authorities sustained and fostered the cultural identity of national and ethnic minorities; they consented to the use of regional languages, they provided financial support to churches, religious associations and minority cultural groups; they ensured equal rights with the Polish majority; they recognized national and ethnic minorities as a rightful subject permanently ingrained in the state’s structure. The new state’s policy toward national and ethnic minorities stimulated the members of these groups to fully display their cultural independence, identity, religion and customs. Legitimate and supported minorities became a component of the cultural wealth of the country.
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Ewa Waszkiewicz
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