Finding ways to manage multi-ethnicity in the regions of Poland

The main purpose of this enquiry is to analyze the legal and institutional arrangement concerning minority languages in the regions of Poland and consider their practical implications. The analysis of multicultural language policy will be situated in the context of the Polish transformation and the implementation of administrative reform. The paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach, through which a sociological analysis of conditions of democratic governance is coordinated with a legal analysis of linguistic rights as well as a policy analysis of multiculturalism.This publication is the result of the conference “Language, diversity and integration in the Enlarged EU: challenges and opportunities” sponsored by The Ministry of Education and Science of The Republic of Lithuani