Romani Communities and Transformative Change : : A New Social Europe / / Andrew Ryder, Marius Taba.

Drawing on Roma community voices and expert research, this book challenges conventional discourses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion. Through the transformative vehicle of a 'Social Europe', it presents new strategies for framing social justice for Romani communities across Europe...

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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (226 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Romani Communities and Transformative Change: A New Social Europe
  • Copyright information
  • Epigraph
  • Table of contents
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • One Introduction: Romani communities in a New Social Europe
  • Cultural erasure, crisis and transformative change
  • Policy and activism
  • A New Social Europe
  • Outline of the book
  • The Romani 'ideas tree' for transformative change
  • References
  • Two Mechanisms of empowerment for the Roma in a New Social Europe
  • The context The EU Roma Framework and mechanisms of empowerment
  • Questioning the rationale of Romani inclusion policy
  • Roma road map
  • Towards a Romani strategy
  • Minority targeting
  • Blue sky thinking: on a New Social Europe
  • Socio-economic rights
  • Agency and community organizing
  • Social accountability
  • Intersectionality and solidarity
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Three Antigypsyism in a time of neoliberalism: challenging the radical right through transformative change
  • Introduction
  • Crisis and irrationality
  • Understanding antigypsyism Transformative change and combating antigypsyism
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Four Antigypsyism in Hungary: the Gyöngyöspata case versus 'the people's sense of justice'
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of school segregation
  • 'The people's sense of justice has been wounded': undermining the rule of law
  • Forging a robust social mandate for racism
  • Intimidating and stigmatizing the Roma of Gyöngyöspata
  • References
  • Five The Romani movement: a love and vocation
  • Jeno. Setét's reflections on a life of activism
  • Editor's introduction
  • Starting out
  • We Belong Here association Activism and ethnicity
  • Gyöngyöspata protest
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The EU
  • Editor's conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Six Romani young people's activism and transformative change
  • Introduction
  • Note on terminology
  • Inequality and discrimination
  • Conceptual framework
  • Youth empowerment policy
  • Case studies: youth empowerment work internationally and within the UK
  • Discussion
  • Human rights and Roma empowerment in a European context
  • Barriers, tensions and challenges to empowerment within civil society Romani movements, identity, diversity, intersectionality and intercultural solidarity
  • Policy implications
  • Conclusion
  • Seven Transatlantic dialogues and the solidarity of the oppressed: critical race activism in the US and Canada
  • Introduction
  • Reflections on Romania and the work of Romani CRISS
  • Advocacy in focus: Romani activists go to Washington and Ottawa
  • The work of anti-racism and intersectional solidarity
  • Notes
  • References
  • Eight 'When they enter, we all enter ...': envisioning a New Social Europe from a Romani feminist perspective
  • Introduction.