Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introduction: Romani Politics in Neoliberal Europe

   1. Introduction: Romani Politics in Neoliberal Europe

      • Nando Sigona, Nidhi Trehan

      Pages 1-20

3. The Romani Political Space in Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. EU Initiatives on Roma: Limitations and Ways Forward

      • Will Guy

      Pages 23-50

   3. The Romani Subaltern within Neoliberal European Civil Society: NGOization of Human Rights and Silent Voices

      • Nidhi Trehan

      Pages 51-71

   4. Beyond Boundaries? Comparing the Construction of the Political Categories ‘Gypsies’ and ‘Roma’ Before and After EU Enlargement

      • Katrin Simhandl

      Pages 72-93

   5. Romani Political Mobilization from the First International Romani Union Congress to the European Roma, Sinti and Travellers Forum

      • Jud Nirenberg

      Pages 94-115

   6. Contentious Politics in Europe: Experiences of Desegregation Policy in Hungary and the Push for an EU-Level Strategy on Romani Integration

      • Nidhi Trehan

      Pages 116-134

   7. The Limits of Rights-Based Discourse in Romani Women’s Activism: The Gender Dimension in Romani Politics

      • Angéla Kóczé

      Pages 135-155

4. Domestic Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. The Romani Movement in Romania: Institutionalization and (De)mobilization

      • Iulius Rostas

      Pages 159-185

   3. Social Unrest in Slovakia 2004: Romani Reaction to Neoliberal ‘Reforms’

      • Martin Marušák, Leo Singer

      Pages 186-208

   4. Being Roma Activists in Post-Independence Kosovo

      • Nando Sigona, Avdula (Dai) Mustafa, Gazmen Salijevic

      Pages 209-225

   5. Spanish Gitanos, Romani Migrants and European Roma Identity: (Re)unification or Self-Affirmation?

      • Miguel Laparra, Almudena Macías

      Pages 226-245

   6. New Labour’s Policies and Their Effectiveness for the Provision of Sites for Gypsies and Travellers in England

      • Jo Richardson, Andrew Ryder

      Pages 246-271

   7. The ‘Problema Nomadi’ vis-à-vis the Political Participation of Roma and Sinti at the Local Level in Italy

      • Nando Sigona

      Pages 272-292

5. Conclusion: A ‘People’s Europe’ for Romani Citizens?

   1. Conclusion: A ‘People’s Europe’ for Romani Citizens?

      • Nando Sigona, Nidhi Trehan

      Pages 293-299

6. Back Matter

   Pages 301-309

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This book examines experiences of Romani political participation in eastern and western Europe, providing an understanding of the emerging political space that over 8 million Romani citizens occupy within the EU, and addressing issues related to the socio-political circumstances of Romani communities within European countries.

• England
• EU Enlargement
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• gender
• Hungary
• identity
• Institution
• Integration
• Nation
• participation
• political participation
• politics
• poverty
• Segregation

'The literature of Gypsy Lore is being left behind as Romani Studies emerges as a discipline demanding serious attention. A proper understanding of our history, culture and (especially) current situation is relevant not only to the various Romani peoples but to the others among whom we live as well. The chapters in this book break new ground in addressing head on the challenges faced by Romanies today, and should be in the library of everyone concerned with establishing diversity and harmony in the New European societies.'

- Professor Ian F. Hancock, Director, The Romani Archives and Documentation Center (RADOC), The University of Texas at Austin, USA

'This book is an original and crucial intervention in various fields of scholarship. Decolonizing the coloniality of power experienced by Roma people should be part of the broad project of decolonizing Europe!'

- Ramon Grosfoguel, Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, USA and Senior Research Associate, Maison des Science de l'Homme in Paris, France

'...timely and comprehensive...the volume will prove a vital resource to activists, policy-makers and academics, particularly sociologists and political scientists.' - Romani Studies

'[This book] provide[s] an exceptionally diverse picture of the contemporary discourse on those themes that impact Romani migrations' - The Vienna Review

• Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK

  Nando Sigona

• University College London’s School of Public Policy and Political Science, UK

  Nidhi Trehan

WILL GUY is Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and member of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, UK ANGELA KÓCZÉ is a Phd researcher at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary MIGUEL LAPARRA is Director in the Department of Social Work, Universidad Pública de Navarra, and Coordinator of the ALTER Research Group ALMUNDENA MACÍAS holds a BA in Psychology and a PhD in Social Sciences from the Department of Social Work at the Public University of Navarre, Spain MARTIN MARU ÁK works at the University of Pre ov in Eastern Slovakia. JUD NIRENBERG was CEO of the European Roma and Travellers Forum and has worked for several international Romani organizations and their donors. JO RICHARDSON is Principal Lecturer in the Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University, UK IULIUS ROSTAS is Researcher with the Institute for Studying National Minorities Issues in Romania ANDREW RYDER is the National Policy Officer of the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain NANDO SIGONA is Researcher at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK and also Lecturer in refugee studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK KATRIN SIMHANDL is a consultant on diversity issues LEO SINGER is a community worker in Slovakia, and is involved in anti-racist activism and worker's movements NIDHI TREHAN is an ESRC Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Political Science,University College London, UK

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