Romanians In Western Europe

Author : Remus Gabriel Anghel
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739178898

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Romanians in Western Europe by Remus Gabriel Anghel Pdf

In recent years, Romanians have become the second largest migrant group in Western Europe. Following the liberalization of border controls and the massive economic and political changes in Eastern Europe, human mobility has increased and is becoming a permanent feature of post-Cold War Europe. The arrival of many Eastern Europeans, with Romanians being the largest migrant group, has produced public concerns on immigration in some West European countries. This is particularly the case in Italy, where Romanian irregular migrants are often stigmatized as poor troublemakers by authorities and the mass media. This book challenges such commonly-held assumptions that artificially divide migrants into categories of wished and unwished immigrants—winners and losers of international migration. This book compares two migrant groups. The first is composed of ethnic Germans who migrated legally from Timisoara, Romania, to Nuremberg, Germany. The second is made up of those who migrated irregularly from Borsa, Romania, to Milan, Italy. The analysis highlights a paradoxical situation. Irregular Romanian migrants in Milan had fewer rights and opportunities, yet through migration they gained prestige and came to enjoy a sense of success. Alternately, the Germans who had migrated to Nuremberg, who received more rights and opportunities, perceived that they had suffered a loss of social prestige. The focus on migrants’ social status employed in the book seeks to clarify this puzzle and provide an analytical framework for researching the linkages between the migration and incorporation of Romanians—who are today European citizens—and European states’ migration policies and migrant transnationalism.

Author : Yaron Matras,Daniele Viktor Leggio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Social sciences
ISBN : 1138239488

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7 Community Identity and Mobilisation by Yaron Matras,Daniele Viktor Leggio Pdf

Romani political mobilisation is now an established part of the civil society landscape across Europe. It has given rise to various forms of political participation, with Romani NGOs taking up consultative roles in a number of countries, as well as in inter-governmental organisations. Models of direct political representation of Roma through a kind of quota system exist at the level of local government in Hungary and in the national elections in Romania, and a number of parliamentarians of Romani background have held direct mandates in national legislatives and in the European Parliament.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264880122

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Talent Abroad: A Review of Romanian Emigrants by OECD Pdf

This review provides the first comprehensive portrait of the Romanian diaspora in OECD countries. By profiling Romanian emigrants, this review aims to strengthen knowledge about this community and thus help to consolidate the relevance of the policies deployed by Romania towards its emigrants.

Author : Lucian Boia
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633860045

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History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness by Lucian Boia Pdf

There is a considerable difference between real history and discourse history - this book stems from this idea. The author points out that history is constantly reconstructed, adapted and sometimes mythified from the perspective of the present day, of present states of mind and ideologies. Boia closely examines the process of historical culture and conscience in nineteenth and twentieth century Romania, particularly concentrating on the impact of the national ideology on history. Based upon his findings, the author identifies several key mythical configurations and analyses the manner in which Romanians have reconstituted their own highly ideologized history over the last two centuries. The strength of History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness lies in the author's ability to fully deconstruct the entire Romanian historiographic system and demonstrate the increasing acuteness of national problems in general, and in particular the exploitation of history to support national ideology.

Author : Yaron Matras,Daniele Viktor Leggio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315295756

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Open Borders, Unlocked Cultures by Yaron Matras,Daniele Viktor Leggio Pdf

The book examines some of the dilemmas surrounding Europe’s open borders, migrations, and identities through the prism of the Roma – Europe’s most dispersed and socially marginalised population. The volume challenges some of the myths surrounding the Roma as a ‘problem population’, and places the focus instead on the context of European policy and identity debates. It comes to the conclusion that the migration of Roma and the constitution of their communities is shaped by European policy as much as, and often more so, than by the cultural traits of the Roma themselves. The chapters compare case studies of Roma migrants in Spain, Italy, France, and Britain and the impact of migration on the origin communities in Romania. The study combines historical and ethnographic methods with insights from migration studies, drawing on a unique multi-site collaborative project that for the first time gave Roma participants a voice in shaping research into their communities. Chapters 1 and 7 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Nicolae Marinescu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443891790

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East-West Migration in the European Union by Nicolae Marinescu Pdf

This volume investigates the challenges confronted by the European Union (EU) as an international actor deeply influenced by migration. This has been a key phenomenon in recent years and holds great political, economic and social importance for the future of the whole European continent. The book focuses on specific aspects related to East-West migration, such as the importance of migration for economic development and the multi-faceted impact of migration on sending countries, as well as recipient countries. It also includes an overview of the myriad of reasons which stand for the fundamental decision whether to emigrate or not. The collection offers a novel Eastern European perspective on contemporary migration, a hotly debated topic inside the European Union, which is far from being fully recognised and understood, and it also provides valuable, complex and comprehensive insight into the issue of South Eastern migration to Western Europe.

Author : Kurt W. Treptow
Publisher : Center for Romanian Studies
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046875798

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Romania and Western Civilization by Kurt W. Treptow Pdf

Author : Ioan Aurel Pop
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042405046

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Romanians and Romania by Ioan Aurel Pop Pdf

The volume provides a comprehensive, yet brief, analysis of the evolution of Romanian history and civilization from the first century BC to the present. Its principal attraction to readers is the conceptual and analytical approach designed to provide an intelligent, yet scholarly, overview of Romanian history, and a clear understanding of the problems facing the country, rooted in that history, in the post-communist period of transition of the 1990s and, most likely, also in the new millennium.

Author : Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej G¢rny,Vangelis Kechriotis
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789637326646

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Modernism: Representations of National Culture by Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej G¢rny,Vangelis Kechriotis Pdf

Presentations of National Cultures. Fifty-one texts illustrate the evolution of modernism in the east-European region. Essays, articles, poems, or excerpts from longer works offer new opportunities of possible comparisons of the respective national cultures, from the different ideological approaches and finessing projects of how to create the modern state liberal, conservative, socialist and others to the literary and scientific attempts at squaring the circle of individual and collective identities.

Author : Viorel Achim
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9786155053931

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The Roma in Romanian History by Viorel Achim Pdf

One of the greatest challenges during the enlargement process of the European Union towards the east is how the issue of the Roma or Gypsies is tackled. This ethnic minority group represents a much higher share by numbers, too, in some regions going above 20% of the population. This enormous social and political problem cannot be solved without proper historical studies like this book, the most comprehensive history of Gypsies in Romania. It is based on academic research, synthesizing the entire historical Romanian and foreign literature concerning this topic, and using lot of information from the archives. The main focus is laid on the events of the greatest consequence. Special attention is devoted to aspects linked to the long history of the Gypsies, such as slavery, the process of integration and assimilation into the majority population, as well as the marginalization of Gypsies, which has historic roots. The process of emancipation of Gypsies in the mid-19th century receives due treatment. The deportation of Gypsies to Transnistria during the Antonescu regime, between 1942-1944, is reconstructed in a special chapter. The closing chapters elaborate on the policy toward Gypsies in the decades after the Second World War that explain for the latest developments and for the situation of this population in today's Romania.

Author : Rebecca Haynes
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025024113

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Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40 by Rebecca Haynes Pdf

"This new book, based on archival research, contests the assumption the Romania remained pro-western in the late 1930s and only joined the Axis as a result of western negligence and German pressure. Instead, Germany was drawn by Romanian politicians into political and economic cooperation with Bucharest."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Cristian Cercel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317061724

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Romania and the Quest for European Identity by Cristian Cercel Pdf

Exploring the largely positive representations of Romanian Germans predominating in post-1989 Romanian society, this book shows that the underlying reasons for German prestige are strongly connected with Romania’s endeavors to become European. The election, in 2014, of Klaus Iohannis as Romania’s president was hailed as evidence that the country chose a 'European’ future: that Iohannis belonged to Romania’s tiny German minority was also considered to have played a part in his success. Cercel argues that representations of Germans in Romania, descendants of twelfth-century and eighteenth-century colonists, become actually a symbolic resource for asserting but also questioning Romania’s European identity. Such representations link Romania’s much-desired European belonging with German presence, whilst German absence is interpreted as a sign of veering away from Europe. Investigating this case of discursive "self-colonization" and this apparent symbolic embrace of the German Other in Romania, the book offers a critical study of the discourses associated with Romania’s postcommunist "Europeanization" to contribute a better understanding of contemporary West-East relationships in the European context. This fresh and insightful approach will interest postgraduates and scholars interested in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and in German minorities outside Germany. It should also appeal to scholars of memory studies and those interested in the study of otherness in general.

Author : Lucian Boia
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1861891032

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Romania by Lucian Boia Pdf

Romania occupies a unique position on the map of Eastern Europe. It is a country that presents many paradoxes. In this book the preeminent Romanian historian Lucian Boia examines his native land's development from the Middle Ages to modern times, delineating its culture, history, language, politics and ethnic identity. Boia introduces us to the heroes and myths of Romanian history, and provides an enlightening account of the history of Romanian Communism. He shows how modernization and the influence of the West have divided the nation - town versus country, nationalists versus pro-European factions, the elite versus the masses - and argues that Romania today is in chronic difficulty as it tries to fix its identity and envision a future for itself. The book concludes with a tour of Bucharest, whose houses, streets and public monuments embody Romania's traditional values and contemporary contradictions.

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Romania
ISBN : 9780812996814

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In Europe's Shadow by Robert D. Kaplan Pdf

"A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.

Author : Sabina Cismas
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783205202165

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Invocations of Europe by Sabina Cismas Pdf

The book examines the early history of music theatre in Romania in the nineteenth century and how it was instrumentalised as a vehicle for the overall modernization and Europeanization of the country. It deals with the complex interaction between the aristocrats, who imported the opera, the local public, the foreign power holders in the time of the Russian Protectorate and the opera companies and musicians who came to Romania and shaped the musical life of the country.