Romani politics in contemporary Europe : poverty, ethnic mobilization, and the neoliberal order

Romani politics in contemporary Europe : poverty, ethnic mobilization, and the neoliberal order /

Europe in the last two decades has gone through unprecedented political, social, and economic transformations. The restructuring of post-WWII welfare systems, the disintegration of Yugoslavia through a series of fratricidal wars, the rise of racist and nationalist movements, and the enlargement of N...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Trehan, Nidhi, Sigona, Nando, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Subjects:
European Union.
Romanies > Europe > Politics and government.
Political participation > Europe.
Romanies > Europe > Ethnic identity.
Neoliberalism > Europe.
Romanies > Europe > Economic conditions.
Poverty > Europe.
Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
Europe > Ethnic relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Romani politics in neoliberal Europe / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan
  • EU initiatives on Roma : limitations and ways forward / Will Guy
  • The Romani subaltern within neoliberal European civil society : NGOization of human rights and silent voices / Nidhi Trehan
  • Beyond boundaries? Comparing the construction of the political categories 'gypsies' and 'Roma' before and after EU enlargement / Katrin Simhandl
  • Romani political mobilization from the First International Romani Union Congress to the European Roma, Sinti and Travellers Forum / Jud Nirenberg
  • Contentious politics in Europe : experiences of desegregation policy in Hungary and the push for an EU-level strategy on Romani integration / Nidhi Trehan in conversation with MEP Viktória Mohácsi
  • The limits of rights-based discourse in Romani women's activism : the gender dimension in Romani politics / Angéla Kóczé
  • The Romani movement in Romania : institutionalization and (de)mobilization / Iulius Rostas
  • Social unrest in Slovakia 2004 : Romani reaction to neoliberal 'reforms' / Martin Marušák and Leo Singer
  • Being Roma activists in post-independence Kosovo / Nando Sigona in conversation with Avdula (Dai) Mustafa and Gazmen Salijevic
  • Spanish gitanos, Romani migrants and European Roma identity : (re)unification or self-affirmation? / Miguel Laparra and Almudena Macías
  • New labour's policies and their effectiveness for the provision of sites for gypsies and travellers in England / Jo Richardson and Andrew Ryder
  • The 'problema nomadi' vis-à-vis the political participation of Roma and Sinti at the local level in Italy / Nando Sigona
  • Conclusion :" A 'people's Europe' for Romani citizens? / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan.

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