Bezpieczeństwo społeczne mniejszości narodowych i etnicznych w świetle polityki etnicznej III RP (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem porządku prawnego po 1997 r.)
Social Security of National and Ethnic Minorities in the Light of the Ethnic Policy of the Ethnic Policy of the Third Republic of Poland (With Particular Emphasis on the Legal Order After 1997)

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of this paper was an attempt to characterize the social security of national and ethnic minorities in Poland in the light of the ethnic policy of the state. It assumes not only the sanctioning of the existence of a multiethnic and multicultural society but also supporting communities of citizens of different national origins. The paper reviews the most important theoretical concepts such as social security, ethnic policy, and social security of national and ethnic minorities. Moreover, groups of citizens of the Republic of Poland with different national origins were listed and characterized, the system of sources of law on the protection of national minorities in Poland was identified, as well as the entities predestined to provide the aforementioned security to minorities were presented. The following research methods were used: comparative, statistical, and historical, with the use of literary criticism and the analysis of sources as exemplary research techniques. They allowed noticing the regularity of the Polish state’s attempts to ensure social security for minorities (understood as the fulfillment of their material and spiritual needs) which are elementary features of the contemporary ethnic policy of the Republic of Poland.

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