Ideological Identifying as a Determiner of the Polish People Political Collective Identity

Abstract

The aim of the article is to examine whether and to what extent a socio-political division into left- and right-wing is a factor that significantly influences the formation of the Polish political collective identity. The author of the article attempted to present the leftist and rightist identities in relation to defining characteristics of collective identity. Then, a theoretical model was empirically verified based on the findings of the author’s own research conducted in 2019.

Keywords

• ideological identifications
• left-wing
• right-wing
• political awareness
• political collective identity