Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities : : Inclusive Community Development /

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

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 organisa...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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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

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