Theorizing the Karta Polaka

Sendhardt, Bastian

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“…This distinction has been strongly institutionalized in several states, most notably in the Soviet Union, where so-called "internal passports" had the rubric of "nationality" (Brubaker, 1994). Another recent Polish incarnation of that tension is found in the debate over the so-called "card of a Pole" (Karta Polaka), which is a document issued to ethnic Poles who are citizens of the countries of the former Soviet Union (Górny & Pudzianowska, 2009;Sendhardt, 2017). This paper's scope does not allow for a discussion of all these conflicts and diverse modes of exclusion and inclusion.…”

Section: Poland Between the Classic Models Of Nation-state Buildingmentioning

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Cultural citizenship without state: historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model

2021

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Citizenship is usually seen as a product of modern nation-states, or of other political entities which possess institutional infrastructures and political systems capable of producing a coherent framework that defines the relationship between that system and its members. In this paper, we show that an early system of modern citizenship was created in the absence of a formal state, notably by the cultural elite of a stateless nation. The Polish case illustrates that an elite may become a dominant class in the given society only later, and institutionalize that early citizenship system within the framework of a newly founded state. As a result of the legacy of the emergence of citizenship predating the restoration of statehood, the contemporary Polish citizenship model is influenced by a strong and largely overlooked cultural component that emerged at the turn of the 19th century. This model uses the figure of the intelligentsia member as its ideal citizen. Despite the dramatic political and economic changes in the decades which have passed since its emergence, this cultural frame, which was institutionalized during the interwar period, still defines the key features of the Polish citizenship model. Consequently, we argue that the culturalization of citizenship is hardly a new phenomenon. It can be seen as a primary mechanism in the formation of civic polities within the imperial context. Moreover, it shows that such processes can have many ambiguous aspects as far as their Orientalizing forces of exclusion are concerned.

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Cultural citizenship without state: historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model

2021

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“…As a consequence of Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004 and the introduction of the Schengen agreement, members of the Polish minority in countries such as Ukraine and Belarus found themselves separated from their kin-state by the Schengen border. In 2007, Poland passed the Act on the Karta Polaka (literally, Pole's Card) according ethnic Poles living in the former USSR certain rights and privileges, including a right to repatriate to Poland (Sendhardt, 2017). This policy corresponds with the primordial concept of identity and belonging asserting that everybody who can trace their ancestry to Poland is Polish (Galent and Kubicki, 2011).…”

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Contesting Flexible Solidarity: Poland and the “Migration Crisis”

Goździak

Main

2020

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European "refugee crisis. " The states have not been able to implement any viable or sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been very visible and active in many European countries and rejected in others. This paper focuses on Poland, a country that gave birth to the Solidarność labor movement in 1980, but was recently reprimanded by the European Union for its lack of solidarity with other countries that accepted refugees. In this paper, we trace the rapture of the Solidarity movement and the emergence of solidarities with migrants and refugees in local Polish communities and abroad. We juxtapose the Polish government's call for "flexible solidarity" mechanisms within the EU, coupled with the emphasis on solidarity in the context of border securitization, with grassroots efforts in several Polish cities to welcome migrants and refugees and facilitate their integration. We also look at the emerging initiatives to raise resources to help refugees lingering in refugee camps and transit countries. And finally, we ask the question whether fragmented, organically evolving, grass-root solidarities are sustainable without the support of the national government.

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Competing Visions at the EU’s Edge: Liberal vs. Conservative-Christian Notions of Europe in the Ukrainian–Hungarian Borderland

Balogh

2024

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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Theorizing the Karta Polaka

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Cultural citizenship without state: historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model

Cultural citizenship without state: historical roots of the modern Polish citizenship model

Contesting Flexible Solidarity: Poland and the “Migration Crisis”

Competing Visions at the EU’s Edge: Liberal vs. Conservative-Christian Notions of Europe in the Ukrainian–Hungarian Borderland

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