Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe: Poverty, Ethnic Mobilization, and the Neoliberal Order

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: Romani Politics in Neoliberal Europe....Pages 1-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
EU Initiatives on Roma: Limitations and Ways Forward....Pages 23-50
The Romani Subaltern within Neoliberal European Civil Society: NGOization of Human Rights and Silent Voices....Pages 51-71
Beyond Boundaries? Comparing the Construction of the Political Categories ‘Gypsies’ and ‘Roma’ Before and After EU Enlargement....Pages 72-93
Romani Political Mobilization from the First International Romani Union Congress to the European Roma, Sinti and Travellers Forum....Pages 94-115
Contentious Politics in Europe: Experiences of Desegregation Policy in Hungary and the Push for an EU-Level Strategy on Romani Integration....Pages 116-134
The Limits of Rights-Based Discourse in Romani Women’s Activism: The Gender Dimension in Romani Politics....Pages 135-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The Romani Movement in Romania: Institutionalization and (De)mobilization....Pages 159-185
Social Unrest in Slovakia 2004: Romani Reaction to Neoliberal ‘Reforms’....Pages 186-208
Being Roma Activists in Post-Independence Kosovo....Pages 209-225
Spanish Gitanos, Romani Migrants and European Roma Identity: (Re)unification or Self-Affirmation?....Pages 226-245
New Labour’s Policies and Their Effectiveness for the Provision of Sites for Gypsies and Travellers in England....Pages 246-271
The ‘Problema Nomadi’ vis-`-vis the Political Participation of Roma and Sinti at the Local Level in Italy....Pages 272-292
Conclusion: A ‘People’s Europe’ for Romani Citizens?....Pages 293-299
Back Matter....Pages 301-309