Rethinking Roma

Author : Ian Law,Martin Kovats
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137385826

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Rethinking Roma by Ian Law,Martin Kovats Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence, development and implications of the Roma political phenomenon in contemporary Europe. It also challenges the conventional epistemological basis to political claims of distinct Roma people and argues that the contemporary politics of Roma is better understood as the public application of Roma identity. In recent times a new word has entered the political lexicon across Europe and beyond: Roma. Thirty years ago it would have been hard to encounter the public use of the word outside of a small number of academics and activists. In the second decade of the new millennium, Roma has become a dynamic political identity championed by hundreds of organisations, thousands of activists and applied to millions of people across Europe and beyond. Roma has become an agenda item for local and national authorities, as well as being taken up by the European Union and other international organisations. In challenging the conventional epistemology, this book examines the principal interests and processes that are constructing Roma as a public, political identity encompassing highly differentiated groups of people. This book brings together critical race theory and theories of ethnic mobilisation to provide a new critical framework for understanding Roma identity, history and transnational politics. It will be of particular interest to students and academics within the fields of global racialization and ethnicity studies.

Author : Claudia Anamaria Iov
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527550728

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Rethinking (In)Security in the European Union by Claudia Anamaria Iov Pdf

This book is the result of a series of studies devoted to assessing the consequences of migration from the perspective of the migration-identity-(in)security causality, with a specific focus on the Roma issue in France. It demonstrates that, in the context of the new European agenda on security, following the events of 9/11, immigrants, in general and the Roma, in particular, have found themselves trapped in a spiral of insecurity through which migration has been raised to the level of ‘meta-problem’ and they have become scapegoats. The book argues that these issues reflect a broader political discussion on the EU’s identity and social policy. It shows that the socio-economic and security dimension of the ‘Roma dossier’ is a case that may require policymakers in Brussels to rethink the EU’s social responsibilities towards its citizens, thus giving up their ambiguous attitude regarding migration.

Author : Tina Magazzini,Stefano Piemontese
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030113735

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Constructing Roma Migrants by Tina Magazzini,Stefano Piemontese Pdf

This open access book presents a cross-disciplinary insight and policy analysis into the effects of European legal and political frameworks on the life of ‘Roma migrants’ in Europe. It outlines the creation and implementation of Roma policies at the European level, provides a systematic understanding of identity-based exclusion and explores concrete case studies that reveal how integration and immigration policies work in practice. The book also shows how the Roma example might be employed in tackling the governance implications of our increasingly complex societies and assesses its potential and limitations for integration policies of vulnerable groups such as refugees and other discriminated minorities. As such the book will be of interest to academics, practitioners, policy-makers and a wider academic community working in migration, refugee, poverty and integration issues more broadly.

Author : Andrea Óhidy,Katalin R. Forray
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781838672638

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Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe by Andrea Óhidy,Katalin R. Forray Pdf

This book offers an in-depth exploration into the current educational climate and the impact of these policy measures for Roma people in seven Western and Southern European countries and seeks to raise awareness of this forgotten minority and to assess the policies implemented to integrate the Roma people into the education system.

Author : Andrea Óhidy,Katalin R. Forray
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781838672614

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Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Central and Eastern Europe by Andrea Óhidy,Katalin R. Forray Pdf

This book discusses the current educational climate and the impact of these policy measures for Roma people in eight Central and Eastern European countries. There is a severe lack of information about the Roma people in the public domain. This book seeks to raise awareness of this forgotten minority.

Author : Joanna Kostka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351728751

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Financing Roma Inclusion with European Structural Funds by Joanna Kostka Pdf

This book provides an analysis of the highly politicized field of Roma inclusion and addresses the controversies surrounding the effectiveness of funding initiatives derived from European Cohesion Policy. It confronts the widely held notion that European financial transfers (Structural Funds) are highly suitable instruments to address the systemic causes of poverty and to facilitate changes towards substantive equality for Europe’s largest ethnic minority. Shedding critical light on the Structural Funds programme, it offers an innovative approach to thinking about the value of European funding schemes and efficacy of national Roma inclusion strategies. Multidisciplinary in approach, it draws on rich interview material and literature from fields including policy implementation, new public governance, equality studies, and political representation, Financing Roma Inclusion with European Structural Funds examines the implementation of European funding in Spain and Slovakia, two countries with contrasting policy outputs, and offers a nuanced picture of the way European Cohesion Policy interacts with intricacies of domestic policy-making. It thus sheds light on the key challenges facing Roma inclusion strategies in contemporary Europe and will be of interest for for scholars interested in European studies, equality policy, new public governance and minority studies.

Author : Sam Beck,Ana Ivasiuc
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785339493

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Roma Activism by Sam Beck,Ana Ivasiuc Pdf

Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies. The contributors gathered here – whose professional trajectories often lie at the confluence between activism, academia, and policy or development interventions – are exceptionally well placed to reflect on mainstream practices in all these fields, and, from their particular positions, envision a reimagining of these practices.

Author : Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789206432

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The Roma and Their Struggle for Identity in Contemporary Europe by Huub van Baar,Angéla Kóczé Pdf

Thirty years after the collapse of Communism, and at a time of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Roma sentiment, this book analyses how Roma identity is expressed in contemporary Europe. From backgrounds ranging from political theory, postcolonial, cultural and gender studies to art history, feminist critique and anthropology, the contributors reflect on the extent to which a politics of identity regarding historically disadvantaged, racialized minorities such as the Roma can still be legitimately articulated.

Author : Ryder, Andrew,Taba, Marius,Nidhi Trehan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447357513

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Romani Communities and Transformative Change by Ryder, Andrew,Taba, Marius,Nidhi Trehan Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND. Drawing on Roma community voices and expert research, this book provides a powerful tool to challenge conventional discourses and analyses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion. Through the transformative vehicle of a ‘Social Europe’, this edited collection presents new concepts and strategies for framing social justice for Romani communities across Europe. The vast majority of Roma experience high levels of exclusion from the labour market and from social networks in society. This book maps out how the implementation of a new ‘Social Europe’ can offer innovative solutions to these intransigent dilemmas. This insightful and accessible text is vital reading for the policymaker, practitioner, academic and activist.

Author : János Imre Heltai,Eszter Tarsoly
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110769609

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Translanguaging for Equal Opportunities by János Imre Heltai,Eszter Tarsoly Pdf

Author : Nsongurua Udombana,Violeta Beširević
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155211003

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Re-thinking Socio-Economic Rights in an Insecure World by Nsongurua Udombana,Violeta Beširević Pdf

From November 28 - 29, 2005, the Center for Human Rights of Central European University (CEU) organized a roundtable around the theme: Re-thinking Socio-Economic Rights in an Insecure World. The roundtable brought together scholars and human rights practitioners from different regions to reflect on the following questions relating to social and economic rights, particularly in the context of the global insecurity: If social rights are human rights, how does the failure to advance these rights undermine security? Are social rights human rights or do the claims they incorporate represent social needs? Are they moral or legal rights? Who has a duty to respect these rights? Is there a hierarchy among those who have such duties? How can these duties be fulfilled? What is an appropriate approach to social and economic concerns in developing countries? Is the argument for socio-economic rights an argument that overcomes the causes and legacy of conflicts? Do socio-economic rights deserve constitutional protection? What are the problems behind constitutional protection of such rights? Is the vagueness of social and economic rights an enough reason not to assign such rights to people? Is the rhetoric of social and economic rights helpful in protecting marginalized and neglected groups?

Author : Annemarie Sorescu-Marinković,Thede Kahl,Biljana Sikimić
Publisher : Frank & Timme GmbH
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783732906949

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Boyash Studies: Researching “Our People” by Annemarie Sorescu-Marinković,Thede Kahl,Biljana Sikimić Pdf

The Boyash, also known as Rudari, Lingurari or, inclusively, as “oamenii noștri” (our people), are an ethnic group living today in scattered communities in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, but also in the Americas. What brings the disperse communities of Boyash together is their Romanian mother tongue, (memory of) traditional occupation, common historical origin, and the fact that the majority population considers them Gypsies / Roma. A marginal topic until now, at the crossroads between Romani and Romanian studies, the Boyash studies are today an interdisciplinary field dealing with the experiences of the Boyash over time, in Romania and all the places where they have settled. The editors of this volume intend to mark two centuries of scholarly interest in the Boyash by bringing together researchers from different fields, summing up existing literature and bringing new research to the forefront.

Author : Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789633864500

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Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity by Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka Pdf

The Roma issue is generally treated as a European matter. Indeed, the Roma are the largest European minority—their presence outside of Europe is a result of various waves of migration over the past four hundred years. Likewise, the stereotypes associated with the Roma—the problematized, stigmatized status of a “Gypsy” as well as the historical and contemporary manifestations of antigypsyism—are also of European origin. This book claims, however, that the perception of Roma being strictly a European issue is flawed, and that re-connecting the Roma issue globally represents an important learning experience and an added value. The book offers a critical exploration of Romani political activism in Colombia and Argentina, and compares it to that in Spain, narrated from the intimate perspective of Romani actors themselves. By outlining parallel lineages of Romani activism in three countries and on two continents, the author arrives at broad conclusions regarding the nature of ethnic mobilization. Mirga-Kruszelnicka proposes a new synergetic conceptualization of this multidirectional concept as an interplay between political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and frames of identity. Contributing to the vivid debate about the relationship between the researcher and the researched, the book also includes an original discussion of the positionality of scholars of Romani background.

Author : Jan Selling
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789633864524

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Romani Liberation by Jan Selling Pdf

Centered on the trajectory of the emancipation of Roma people in Scandinavia, Romani Liberation is a powerful challenge to the stereotype describing Romani as passive and incapable of responsibility and agency. The author also criticizes benevolent but paternalistic attitudes that center on Romani victimhood. The first part of the book offers a comprehensive overview of the chronological phases of Romani emancipation in Sweden and other countries. Underscoring the significance of Roma activism in this process, Jan Selling profiles sixty Romani activists and protagonists, including numerous original photos. The narrative is followed by an analysis of the concepts of historical justice and of the process of decolonizing Romani Studies. Selling highlights the impact of the historical contexts that have enabled or impeded the success of the struggles against discrimination and for equal rights, emphasizing Romani activism as a precondition for liberation. The particular Swedish framework is accentuated by a stimulating preface by the international activist Nicoleta Bitu, and afterwords by two prominent Romani advocates, the politician Soraya Post and the singer, author, and elder Hans Caldaras.

Author : Gail Lewis,Sharon Gewirtz,John Clarke
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412932745

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Rethinking Social Policy by Gail Lewis,Sharon Gewirtz,John Clarke Pdf

Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy. Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy. Topics covered include: criminology and crime control; race, class and gender; poverty and sexuality; the body and the emotions; violence; work and welfare in Europe. Examples are drawn from a variety of welfare sectors such as: social services and community care, health, education, employment, and criminal justice. This is a course reader for The Open University course (D860) Rethinking Social Practice.