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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300599103321

Autore

Law Ian

Titolo

Rethinking Roma [[electronic resource] ] : Identities, Politicisation and New Agendas / / by Ian Law, Martin Kovats

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

1-137-38582-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Collana

Mapping Global Racisms

Disciplina

305.89149704

Soggetti

Ethnicity

Ethnology

Racism in the social sciences

Political sociology

Ethnicity Studies

Sociology of Racism

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Rise of Roma Politics in Contemporary Europe  -- 2. Roma Identity and Diversity  -- 3. The Gypsy Legacy and Roma Politics  -- 4. Roma Activism  -- 5. Roma Policy  -- 6. Deracialisation .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence, development and implications of the Roma political phenomenon in contemporary Europe. It also challenges the conventional epistemological basis to political claims of distinct Roma people and argues that the contemporary politics of Roma is better understood as the public application of Roma identity. In recent times a new word has entered the political lexicon across Europe and beyond: Roma. Thirty years ago it would have been hard to encounter the public use of the word outside of a small number of academics and activists. In the second decade of the new millennium, Roma has become a dynamic political identity championed by hundreds of organisations, thousands of activists and applied to millions of people across Europe and beyond. Roma has become an agenda item for local and national



authorities, as well as being taken up by the European Union and other international organisations. In challenging the conventional epistemology, this book examines the principal interests and processes that are constructing Roma as a public, political identity encompassing highly differentiated groups of people. This book brings together critical race theory and theories of ethnic mobilisation to provide a new critical framework for understanding Roma identity, history and transnational politics. It will be of particular interest to students and academics within the fields of global racialization and ethnicity studies.