Geographia Polonica (2015) vol. 88, iss. 1
The ethnic structure of Poland in geographical research
Geographia Polonica (2015) vol. 88, iss. 1, pp. 41-63 | 
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doi: https://doi.org/GPol.0005
Abstract
The article reviews geographical research into the ethnic structure in Poland carried out between the nineteenth century and the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century, on this basis identifying and citing the main research trends to ethnic studies engaged in by both historians and sociologists. The author presents what he considers the most important research topics to be addressed in further studies on the ethnicand ethno-regional minorities living in today’s Poland. Varied research methods are discussed, along with their benefits and limitations, and the paper concludes with a presentation of the main conditions influencing dynamic transformations of the ethnic structure in Poland, as well as the most important characteristics of the relationship between the Polish state and ethnic minorities.
Keywords: ethnic minorities, ethnic structure of Poland, political geography
, University of Łódź Faculty of Geographical Sciences Kopcińskiego 31, 90-142 Łódź: Poland e-mail: marbar@geo.uni.lodz.pl