LEADER 04067nam 22004695 450 001 9911049164103321 005 20260103120406.0 010 $a3-032-06600-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-032-06600-8 035 $a(CKB)44773724700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32471807 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32471807 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-032-06600-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9944773724700041 100 $a20260103d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeorge Soros and the Roma: Praxis, Equity and Empowerment /$fby Andrew Ryder, Balázs Majtényi, Frank Thomas Zsigo 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) 225 1 $aPolitical Science and International Studies 311 08$a3-032-06599-2 327 $aChapter One Introduction: Key Questions -- Chapter Two Roma Ethnogenesis And Civil Society: Key Challenges -- Chapter Three Who Is George Soros? -- Chapter Four Starting Out: The Development of Soros Supported Roma Civil Society -- Chapter Five Failing Forward: Roma Inclusion and Development Frameworks -- Chapter Six Roma Education Fund: The Flagship of the Fleet? -- Chapter Seven Roma in Academia and Culture: A Question of Identity -- Chapter Eight Vanguardism: NGOisation and Polycrisis -- Chapter Nine Out with the Old, in with the New? ? The Roma Foundation for Europe -- Chapter Ten Looking Back ? Looking Forward. 330 $aGeorge Soros has played a prominent role in promoting a vision of an ?Open Society? in Central and Eastern Europe through his philanthropic efforts, most notably via the Open Society Foundations. An important aspect of this work has been Soros support for the Roma civil rights movement, civil society, education, rights, academia, and culture. While not without its shortcomings, support from Soros has enabled the development and strengthening of Roma civil society, especially at the transnational level. Thousands of Roma individuals have benefited from scholarship programmes funded by the Open Society Foundations, enabling them to complete secondary and higher education. Soros-supported initiatives have also played an important role in transnational Roma policymaking, notably influencing policy frameworks such as the Decade of Roma Inclusion. Andrew Ryder is a British academic and social justice campaigner based in Budapest. He is a Professor at Eötvös Loránd University and Director of the Institute for Political and International Studies. Ryder has a deep commitment to Gypsy Roma and Traveller activism: he was researcher to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers and Policy Officer for the Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition. Balázs Majtényi is a Hungarian human rights lawyer and activist based in Budapest. He is Professor and Head of the Department of Human Rights and Politics and UNESCO Chair of Human Rights and Peace at Eötvös Loránd University. He has worked for decades with Roma NGOs and Roma rights activists on various projects aimed at protecting Roma rights. Frank Thomas Zsigó is a Canadian/Hungarian political scientist and assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He has worked with a number of Roma NGOs in Hungary and served as a consultant to Roma organizations at the midway point of the Decade for Roma Inclusion. 410 0$aPolitical Science and International Studies 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aInternational Political Economy? 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 14$aInternational Political Economy?. 676 $a332.6092 700 $aRyder$b Andrew$01369519 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911049164103321 996 $aGeorge Soros and the Roma: Praxis, Equity and Empowerment$94532422 997 $aUNINA