Data on Identity in Eastern Europe

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Subject: Data on Identity in Eastern Europe

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Data on Identity in Eastern Europe


Hello,
 
My name is Scott Orr, and I'm a PhD student in political science at
Ohio State University.  For my dissertation, I'm exploring the link
between various forms of identity (including ethnic and regional
identity) and the success of democracies in Eastern Europe -
particularly their success in enacting democratic and economic
reforms.  I'd be happy to send an abstract or draft proposal to anyone
who's interested in more detail on the project.
 
I plan on using Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, and one
of the Baltic states as my cases.  I've found some good survey data on
ethnic and regional identity (including the New Democracy and New
Baltic Barometers), but I'm looking for more.  I'm looking for any
surveys (from countries above) which asked questions about ethnic or
regional/local identity, or about relations between ethnic and
regional groups.  Electoral surveys, and surveys about social networks
(including things like trust) would also be useful.

What I would especially like to find, though, is any surveys that ask
about regional identity in the Czech Republic (particularly Moravian
identity) and Poland (particularly Silesian identity - and here I mean
ethnically Polish Silesians, moreso than German-Polish identity).  Do
such surveys exist?
 
I'm also interested in finding anthropological studies of the
countries in question in the post-Communist period, to help in
interpreting the survey data - what I'm most interested in here is
descriptions of how people go about obtaining the economic and
political resources that they need to survive.  I've seen a volume
edited by Burawoy and Verdery, and it's very good, but I'm wondering
if much similar work exists.
 
Thanks for any help or advice you can provide!
 
Scott D. Orr

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