04233nam 22007455 450 991095544170332120240313121933.09786612743429978128274342712827434229780230281165023028116810.1057/9780230281165(DE-He213)978-0-230-28116-5(MiAaPQ)EBC578849(CKB)2670000000034371(Perlego)3502058(EXLCZ)99267000000003437120151228d2009 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRomani Politics in Contemporary Europe Poverty, Ethnic Mobilization, and the Neoliberal Order /edited by N. Sigona, N. Trehan1st ed. 2009.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2009.1 online resource (XXII, 309 p.)Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : Romani politics in neoliberal Europe / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan -- EU initiatives on Roma : limitations and ways forward / Will Guy -- The Romani subaltern within neoliberal European civil society : NGOization of human rights and silent voices / Nidhi Trehan -- Beyond boundaries? Comparing the construction of the political categories 'gypsies' and 'Roma' before and after EU enlargement / Katrin Simhandl -- Romani political mobilization from the First International Romani Union Congress to the European Roma, Sinti and Travellers Forum / Jud Nirenberg -- Contentious politics in Europe : experiences of desegregation policy in Hungary and the push for an EU-level strategy on Romani integration / Nidhi Trehan in conversation with MEP Viktoria Mohacsi -- The limits of rights-based discourse in Romani women's activism : the gender dimension in Romani politics / Angela Kocze -- The Romani movement in Romania : institutionalization and (de)mobilization / Iulius Rostas -- Social unrest in Slovakia 2004 : Romani reaction to neoliberal 'reforms' / Martin Marusak and Leo Singer -- Being Roma activists in post-independence Kosovo / Nando Sigona in conversation with Avdula (Dai) Mustafa and Gazmen Salijevic -- Spanish gitanos, Romani migrants and European Roma identity : (re)unification or self-affirmation? / Miguel Laparra and Almudena Macias -- New labour's policies and their effectiveness for the provision of sites for gypsies and travellers in England / Jo Richardson and Andrew Ryder -- The 'problema nomadi' vis-a-vis the political participation of Roma and Sinti at the local level in Italy / Nando Sigona -- Conclusion :" A 'people's Europe' for Romani citizens? / Nando Sigona and Nidhi Trehan.This book examines experiences of Romani political participation in eastern and western Europe, providing an understanding of the emerging political space that over 8 million Romani citizens occupy within the EU, and addressing issues related to the socio-political circumstances of Romani communities within European countries.Social policyRacePolitical sociologyHuman rightsEuropePolitics and governmentSociologySocial PolicyRace and Ethnicity StudiesPolitical SociologyHuman RightsEuropean PoliticsSociologySocial policy.Race.Political sociology.Human rights.EuropePolitics and government.Sociology.Social Policy.Race and Ethnicity Studies.Political Sociology.Human Rights.European Politics.Sociology.323.1191/49704Trehan Nidhi1794140Sigona Nando1975-1431867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955441703321Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe4334671UNINA