1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793180103321

Titolo

Roma activism : reimagining power and knowledge / / edited by Sam Beck and Ana Ivasiuc

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2018

ISBN

1-78533-949-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Collana

New Directions in Romani Studies ; ; 1

Classificazione

LB 47005

Disciplina

305.8914/97

Soggetti

Romanies - Politics and government

Romanies - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE -- Introduction. Renewing Research and Romani Activism -- PART I. RENEWING METHODS, RENEWING SITES -- Chapter 1. Neoliberalism and the Spirit of Nongovernmentalism: Toward an Anthroposociology of Roma-Related Engagement and Activism -- Chapter 2. Emotions and Procedures: Contradictions of Early Romani Activism in a Postconflict Intervention -- Chapter 3. Encounters at the Margins: Activism and Research in Romani Studies in Postsocialist Romania -- PART II. RENEWING EPISTEMOLOGIES -- Chapter 4. Paradigm Shift and Romani Studies: Research “on” or “for” and “with” the Roma -- Chapter 5. Transgressing Borders: Challenging Racist and Sexist Epistemology -- Chapter 6. Alter-Narratives: Seeing Ordinary Agency -- PART III. RENEWING ACTIVISMS -- Chapter 7. Policy Input on the Front Line: Dilemmas of the Ethical Academic -- Chapter 8. Between Global Solidarity and National Belonging: Th e Politics of Inclusion for Romanlar in Turkey -- Chapter 9. “Be Young, Be Roma”: Modern Roma Youth Activism in the Current Panorama of Romani Affairs -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies. The contributors gathered here - whose professional trajectories often lie at



the confluence between activism, academia, and policy or development interventions - are exceptionally well placed to reflect on mainstream practices in all these fields, and, from their particular positions, envision a reimagining of these practices."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910157819203321

Autore

Turan İlter

Titolo

Turkey's difficult journey to democracy : two steps forward, one step back

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-179934-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Oxford studies in democratization Turkey's difficult journey to democracy

Disciplina

956.103

Soggetti

Democracy - Turkey

Democratization - Turkey

Government - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Government - Asia

Turkey Politics and government 20th century

Turkey Politics and government 21st century

Turkey History 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines Turkey's early transition to democracy when its history and level of development did not suggest it to be likely. Noting modernisation theories assumed socioeconomic development preceded democratisation, it asks two questions: whether an underdeveloped society that adopts democratic rule can sustain it while achieving socioeconomic development, and whether democracy deepens and matures with such development. Tracing Turkey's democratisation, it argues that satisfactory socioeconomic development has been



achieved, but democracy's deepening and maturing has proved difficult.