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How did the European integration influence the mechanisms of implementing minority rights? : the case of Opole Silesia
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais::Ciências Políticas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazes | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 10:Reduzir as Desigualdades | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dias, Mónica | |
| dc.contributor.author | Drost, Natalie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-16T15:37:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-16T15:37:11Z | |
| dc.date.embargo | 2027-01-16 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-10-17 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2025-09-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis analyses how the European integration affects the protection and implementation of minority rights in Europe, focusing specifically on the German minority in Opole Silesia, Poland. Europe’s national, ethnic, and linguistic minorities have shaped Europe for a long time. To recognize and protect these groups is crucial for the democratic system and social unity. Opole Silesia has been shaped by changing borders as well as mixed identities. This makes this region important and shows the opportunities and challenges of implementing and protecting minority rights into a domestic system that is influenced by European standards. In the EU, agreements like the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 or the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities set legal frameworks that influence the European landscape. To join the EU, Poland had to align with these European standards through the Copenhagen criteria. This meant to incorporate minority protection into its constitution. The German minority in Opole Silesia is the largest recognized national minority in Poland. This offers a significant case for evaluating how European legal frameworks interact with domestic policies in shaping political but also cultural participation. This thesis uses a qualitative approach, combining desk research with a case study of the German minority in Opole Silesia. It examines legal documents, institutional reports and existing research that focuses on the civil society engagement, education policy, and political representation. It aims to show how EU integration has created possibilities for minority visibility and empowerment, while highlighting its limits of supranational influence in areas regarding national identity and sovereignty. The German minority is being placed in the larger European discussion on identity and rights. It helps to clarify how European institutions shape but do not completely decide or cannot decide the protection of minority communities. EU frameworks offer good tools and standards but the actual implementation of rights as well as protection relies very much on domestic policies, historical background, and regional circumstances. | eng |
| dc.identifier.other | f64ddd8b-a7d8-472f-a5ab-6efb8c5b12f5 | |
| dc.identifier.tid | 204250374 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/58747 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights.uri | N/A | |
| dc.title | How did the European integration influence the mechanisms of implementing minority rights? : the case of Opole Silesia | por |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| thesis.degree.name | Mestrado em Ciências Políticas e Relações Internacionais |
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