Powiązanie religijności z wyborami politycznymi suwerena w Europie Środkowo- Wschodniej na przykładzie Polski w latach 2007- 2015 w świetle globalnych badań nad stosunkami międzynarodowymi (Global IR)
Linking religiosity with the political choices of the sovereign in Central and Eastern Europe on the example of Poland in 2007-2015 in the context of Global IR

Summary/Abstract: Central-Eastern European (CEE) historical and cultural experienc-es can constitute an important contribution to the Global IR. Religion playsa special role here (we discuss the phenomena of “ethnicization of religion”and “sacralization of ethnicity”), which still does not find an adequate place inWestern IR. Using data provided by the Institute of Catholic Church Statisticsand the National Electoral Commission, we analyze the connections betweenPoles’ religiosity and voting in the Sejm elections from 2007 to 2015. We usecartographic and statistical methods for this purpose. As a result, there is a vis-ible strengthening of political polarization in Poland, based largely on view-point issues, especially those related to the approach to religion. Therefore: 1.religion still “matters” for IR because it significantly influences political choices,especially in CEE, including Poland; 2. the concept of Global IR should be ex-panded to include research on religion, as it remains a relevant factor for thisconcept – it contributes significantly to “non-Western” theorizing on IR, e.g., inthe CEE region; 3. perhaps the postsecular approach to studying international reality developed within Western IR could find its application in the conceptof Global IR, which has a great chance of contributing to the dissemination ofa new, postsecular identity of the discipline. It is worth using multidisciplinaryresearch, as demonstrated in this article.

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