Gypsy Economy : : Romani Livelihoods and Notions of Worth in the 21st Century / / edited by Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha and Martin Fotta.

• Superior document: The human economy ; volume 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Brazzabeni, Micol,; Cunha, Manuela Ivone Pereira da,; Fotta, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : Berghahn Books,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Human economy ; volume 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Gypsy Economy :
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781782388791 (hardback : alk. paper); 9781782388869 (ebook)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Micol Brazzabeni, Manuela Ivone Cunha and Martin Fotta.

"Economic arrangements of Romanies are complexly related to their social position. Authors explore these complexities, including how economic exchanges forge key social relationships of gender and ethnicity, how economic opportunities are constructed and seized, and how economic success and failure are transformed into attributes of social persons. They explore how, despite -- or perhaps because of -- their unstable and ambiguous position within the market economy, shared today with a growing number of people facing precarity and informalisation, Roma and Gypsy communities continuously re-create more or less viable economic strategies. The ethnographically based chapters share accounts of socially and vulnerable populations that face their situation with self-determination and creativity"--Provided by publisher.