Romani politics in contemporary Europe
Subtitle: poverty, ethnic mobilization, and the neo-liberal order
By: edited by Nidhi Trehan and Nando Sigona.
Contributors: Trehan, Nidhi.; Sigona, Nando, 1975-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230516625
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
Description: "This book brings to light existing experiences of Romani political participation in both Eastern and Western Europe, and contributes to a more nuanced empirical and theoretical understanding of the emerging political space that over 8 million Romani citizens occupy within an expanding European Union"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Romani politics in neoliberal Europe / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan; title: pt. 1. The Romani political space in Europe; title: EU initiatives on Roma : limitations and ways forward / Will Guy; title: The Romani subaltern within neoliberal European civil society : NGOization of human rights and silent voices / Nidhi Trehan; title: Beyond boundaries? : comparing the construction of the political categories : "Gypsies" and "Roma" before and after EU enlargement / Katrin Simhandl; title: Romani political mobilisation from the First International Romani Union Congress to the European Roma, Sinti, and Travellers Forum / Jud Nirenbergi; title: 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; title: The limits of rights-based discourse in Romani women's activism : the gender dimension in Romani politics / Angéla Kóczé; title: pt. 2. Domestic perspectives; title: The Romani movement in Romania : institutionalization and (de)mobilization / Iulius Rostas; title: Social unrest in Slovakia 2004 : Romani reaction to neoliberal "reforms" / Martin Marusák and Leo Singer; title: Being Roma activists in post-independence Kosovo / Nando Sigona in conversation with Avdula (Dai) Mustafa and Gazmen Salijevic; title: Spanish Gitanos, Romani migrants, and European Roma identity : (re)unification or self-affirmation / Miguel Laparra and Almudena Macías; title: New Labour's policies and their effectiveness for the provision of sites for Gypsies and travellers in England / Jo Richardson and Andrew Ryder; title: The "problema nomadi" vis-à-vis the political participation of Roma and Sinti at the local level in Italy / Nando Sigona; title: Conclusions: A "people's Europe" for Romani citizens? / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan.