Integracja polityczna Polaków na emigracji. Polonia w Austrii – studium przypadku
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2011
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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Political integration of Polish émigrés. Polonia in Austria – a case study
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The main purpose of the survey discussed in this paper is to answer the question of which
factors describe the status of political integration of Poles in Austria. Political integration concerns
the phenomenon of joining the political life of a given political system and, to some extent,
also its results. For the purpose of this study the notion of political integration is to stand for the
involvement of the ‘visiting’ citizens in the political life of the ‘host’ state, in particular political
participation, taking the form of public activity and voting in elections. The survey adopts a general
theoretical model where the state of integration of Poles in Austria is comprehended in
terms of a three-element political culture (comprising cognitive, emotional-and-assessing, and
behavioral elements). It undergoes external influences, related to the period spent living abroad,
and domestic influences of social identity (approached functionally). Additionally, the model
assumes that these factors can be internally related. The empirical aspect of the analysis is based
on the authors’ own survey carried out using a questionnaire, psychological scale and focus
group interview of a sample of Polish émigrés in Austria.
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2011, nr 3, s. 195-211.