Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities : : Inclusive Community Development / / ed. by Andrew Ryder, Sarah Cemlyn, Thomas Acton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Acton, Thomas,; Alexander, Susan,; Ansell, Neil,; Cemlyn, Sarah,; Craig, Gary,; Day, John,; Greenfields, Margaret,; Ingmire, Sylvia,; Ivatts, Arthur,; MacNamara, Yvonne,; Mann, Sarah,; McCabe, Angus,; Mercer, Peter,; Rostas, Iulius,; Ryder, Andrew,; Smith-Bendell, Maggie,; Spencer, Siobhan,; Stables, Natalie,; Torkington, Rob,; Woodbury, Sally,
• HerausgeberIn: Acton, Thomas,; Cemlyn, Sarah,; Ryder, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

Over the past decade, interest in Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) has risen up the political and media agendas, but they remain relatively unknown. This topical book is the first to chart the history and contemporary developments in GRT community activism, and the community and voluntary organisations and coalitions which support it. Underpinned by radical community development and equality theories, it describes the communities' struggle for rights against a backdrop of intense intersectional discrimination across Europe, and critiques the ambivalent role of community development in fostering these campaigns. Much of it co-written by community activists, it is a vehicle for otherwise marginalised voices, and an essential resource and inspiration for practitioners, lecturers, researchers and members of GRT communities.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- The formation of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations in the UK -- Gypsy and Traveller accommodation policies -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Pedagogies of hope: the Gypsy Council and the National Gypsy Education Council -- ‘Ministers like it that way’: developing education services for Gypsies and Travellers -- Charles Smith: the fashioning of an activist -- Friends, Families and Travellers: organising to resist extreme moral panics -- Building bridges, shifting sands: changing community development strategies in the Gypsy and Traveller voluntary sector since the 1990s -- The Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition -- Below the radar: Gypsy and Traveller self-help communities and the role of the Travellers Aid Trust -- Gender and community activism: the role of women in the work of the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups -- The Roma in Europe: the debate over the possibilities for empowerment to seek social justice -- Roma communities in the UK: ‘opening doors’, taking new directions -- Conclusion: in search of empowerment -- Directory of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller organisations -- The numbers game -- Index