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Ethnopolitics
Abstract This paper uses the example of the Karta Polaka to develop a more general argument about... more Abstract This paper uses the example of the Karta Polaka to develop a more general argument about the place of diaspora engagement policies in the global political order. Specifically, I address the paradoxical nature of these policies, which are concomitantly undermining and reaffirming the nation-state form as a model for organising political communities. By combining insights from the literature on state-diaspora relations and world polity theory with empirical perspectives yielded from the example of the Karta Polaka, it is argued that diaspora engagement policies challenge an ideal model of the nation-state by reconfiguring citizenship, territory and national belonging as the basic tenets of this model. In this way, diaspora engagement policies such as the Karta Polaka can be understood as a reconfiguration of the nation-state model, which is not indicative of an erosion of state sovereignty but rather, on the contrary, of the resilience and adaptability of the nation-state form to challenges posed by globalisation.
Polen in der Gegenwart. Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Polen-Instituts
Borders and Border Regions in Europe
Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Deutsches Polen-Institut, Apr 28, 2021
Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Deutsches Polen-Institut, Apr 28, 2021
Polen-Analysen, 2020
Die polnischen Gewerkschaften sehen sich zahlreichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Hierzu zählen d... more Die polnischen Gewerkschaften sehen sich zahlreichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Hierzu zählen die historisch bedingte Fragmentierung in mehrere konkurrierende Gewerkschaftsverbände, die Überalterung, der Mitgliederschwund und damit verbunden der geringe Organisationsgrad unter den Arbeitnehmern. Politisch markiert die Arbeitsmarkt-und Sozialpolitik der aktuellen Regierung von Recht und Gerechtigkeit (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość-PiS) einen Wendepunkt im Verhältnis der Gewerkschaften zur Regierung. Doch auch wenn Maßnahmen wie das neue Kindergeld »500 Plus«, der frühere Renteneintritt und der erhöhte Mindestlohn auf große Zustimmung stoßen, bleiben zahlreiche Probleme bestehen. Hierzu zählen beispielsweise die notorisch niedrigen Gehälter gerade im öffentlichen Sektor, was sich etwa im Streik der Lehrer 2019 zeigte. Gleichzeitig gelang es der Regierung bislang stets, Arbeitskämpfe für sich zu entscheiden, indem Konflikte ausgesessen oder für die Regierung günstige Kompromisse geschlossen wurden.
The Journal of power institutions in post-soviet societies, 2017
This article offers a contribution to theorizing the Karta Polaka, a kin-state law addressing the... more This article offers a contribution to theorizing the Karta Polaka, a kin-state law addressing the Polish diaspora in the successor states of the USSR, in the context of the Europeanization of Poland’s borders with Ukraine and Belarus. Building on the observation that the modern state includes individuals according to an ideal model based on a congruency of the categories “citizenship”, “territory” and “nation”, it is argued that kin-state laws, by addressing non-resident non-citizens of national belonging, not only diverge from the ideal inclusion but also redraw the very boundaries of these categories. Building on a qualitative analysis of the Act on the Karta Polaka, accompanying documents and the minutes of parliamentary (committee) sessions concerned with the draft act, this article traces the discursive processes that redraw the boundaries of these categories. Employing the concept of De-/Rebordering, this article shows how the categories of Polish citizenship, territory and nation are redefined and how the inclusion of non-resident non-citizens by the Polish state is legitimated.
Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest, 2016
The relations between France and Germany after 1945, “German-French understanding and cooperation... more The relations between France and Germany after 1945, “German-French understanding and cooperation” (p. 9) undoubtedly belong to the bilateral success stories in postwar Europe. Over the years, the former arch enemies have become key partners in the European integration process. Based on an academic conference in 2010 in Mainz, the edited volume deals with “forms of exchange and their selective appropriation as well as borrowings of individual elements from the German-French relationship struc...
Ethnopolitics
Abstract This paper uses the example of the Karta Polaka to develop a more general argument about... more Abstract This paper uses the example of the Karta Polaka to develop a more general argument about the place of diaspora engagement policies in the global political order. Specifically, I address the paradoxical nature of these policies, which are concomitantly undermining and reaffirming the nation-state form as a model for organising political communities. By combining insights from the literature on state-diaspora relations and world polity theory with empirical perspectives yielded from the example of the Karta Polaka, it is argued that diaspora engagement policies challenge an ideal model of the nation-state by reconfiguring citizenship, territory and national belonging as the basic tenets of this model. In this way, diaspora engagement policies such as the Karta Polaka can be understood as a reconfiguration of the nation-state model, which is not indicative of an erosion of state sovereignty but rather, on the contrary, of the resilience and adaptability of the nation-state form to challenges posed by globalisation.
Polen in der Gegenwart. Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Polen-Instituts
Borders and Border Regions in Europe
Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Deutsches Polen-Institut, Apr 28, 2021
Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Deutsches Polen-Institut, Apr 28, 2021
Polen-Analysen, 2020
Die polnischen Gewerkschaften sehen sich zahlreichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Hierzu zählen d... more Die polnischen Gewerkschaften sehen sich zahlreichen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Hierzu zählen die historisch bedingte Fragmentierung in mehrere konkurrierende Gewerkschaftsverbände, die Überalterung, der Mitgliederschwund und damit verbunden der geringe Organisationsgrad unter den Arbeitnehmern. Politisch markiert die Arbeitsmarkt-und Sozialpolitik der aktuellen Regierung von Recht und Gerechtigkeit (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość-PiS) einen Wendepunkt im Verhältnis der Gewerkschaften zur Regierung. Doch auch wenn Maßnahmen wie das neue Kindergeld »500 Plus«, der frühere Renteneintritt und der erhöhte Mindestlohn auf große Zustimmung stoßen, bleiben zahlreiche Probleme bestehen. Hierzu zählen beispielsweise die notorisch niedrigen Gehälter gerade im öffentlichen Sektor, was sich etwa im Streik der Lehrer 2019 zeigte. Gleichzeitig gelang es der Regierung bislang stets, Arbeitskämpfe für sich zu entscheiden, indem Konflikte ausgesessen oder für die Regierung günstige Kompromisse geschlossen wurden.
The Journal of power institutions in post-soviet societies, 2017
This article offers a contribution to theorizing the Karta Polaka, a kin-state law addressing the... more This article offers a contribution to theorizing the Karta Polaka, a kin-state law addressing the Polish diaspora in the successor states of the USSR, in the context of the Europeanization of Poland’s borders with Ukraine and Belarus. Building on the observation that the modern state includes individuals according to an ideal model based on a congruency of the categories “citizenship”, “territory” and “nation”, it is argued that kin-state laws, by addressing non-resident non-citizens of national belonging, not only diverge from the ideal inclusion but also redraw the very boundaries of these categories. Building on a qualitative analysis of the Act on the Karta Polaka, accompanying documents and the minutes of parliamentary (committee) sessions concerned with the draft act, this article traces the discursive processes that redraw the boundaries of these categories. Employing the concept of De-/Rebordering, this article shows how the categories of Polish citizenship, territory and nation are redefined and how the inclusion of non-resident non-citizens by the Polish state is legitimated.
Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest, 2016
The relations between France and Germany after 1945, “German-French understanding and cooperation... more The relations between France and Germany after 1945, “German-French understanding and cooperation” (p. 9) undoubtedly belong to the bilateral success stories in postwar Europe. Over the years, the former arch enemies have become key partners in the European integration process. Based on an academic conference in 2010 in Mainz, the edited volume deals with “forms of exchange and their selective appropriation as well as borrowings of individual elements from the German-French relationship struc...