Kurdish public activities in Poland compared to the activities of Kurdish minorities in Western Europe Cover Image

Działalność publiczna Kurdów w Polsce na tle aktywności diaspory kurdyjskiej w Europie Zachodniej
Kurdish public activities in Poland compared to the activities of Kurdish minorities in Western Europe

Author(s): Anna Linka, Fuad Jomma
Subject(s): Civil Society, International relations/trade, Social differentiation, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: political culture; political thought; international relations; Central and Eastern Europe;

Summary/Abstract: The authors raise questions about the forms and types of public activity of Kurds in Poland during the last half-century, the impact of the political transformation on this activity, and the similarities and differences between the activities of Kurdish minorities in Poland and in Western countries. On the basis of an analysis of documents and academic studies, as well as examining the organizations described, the authors point to the demographic differences between Kurdish minorities in Poland and in the West, the advancing integration of Kurdish public activity with Polish public life and, finally, the inability to use the social capital of members of this minority for achieving common, long-term goals.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 213-233
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish