The importance of confessionalism in the life of Slovak enclaves in central and eastern Europe

Abstract

 In migration and minority studies from the end of the 19th century to the present, the dominant research discourse is ethnocentrism resp. methodologi cal nationalism. It was therefore natural that in the study of sub-ethnic communities, such as enclaves or minorities, in the social sciences, research concepts are derived from ethnic categories and enclaves or ethnic minorities are analysed primarily in relation to the “parent”, i.e. the core of national community.