List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Glossary
Introduction
Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Roma in Europe
Chapter 2: Political Participation and Representation of Roma
Chapter 3: Ambivalent Discourse: Rights-Based Theories on
Minorities
Chapter 4: Who Speaks for Roma? Organising Structures of
Representation in Romania
Chapter 5: Self-Government and Interest Representation in Hungary:
A Wrong Step in the Right Direction?
Chapter 6: Roma Representation in the Transnational Political
Context
Chapter 7: Conclusion
References
Index
Aidan McGarry looks at the political participation and representation of the Romani community, one of the most disadvantaged and excluded minority in Europe.
Aidan McGarry is Lecturer in Politics at the School of Applied
Social Science, University of Brighton. His research focuses on the
political representation of ethnic minorities. He has contributed
several articles to top journals, including Nationalities Paper and
Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe. He also has
co-authored several book chapters and reports.
Aidan McGarry does not claim to speak for Roma, but his book is a
thoughtful and well-informed reflection on those who do. The
importance of the subject can hardly be overestimated. Many Roma in
Europe face tremendous problems of poverty, discrimination and
social exclusion. Issues of political mobilization, participation
and representation are a key part of that puzzle. The analysis on
offer here is a welcome contribution to an emerging body of
research that examines activism for the Roma against the background
of broader theoretical and political debates about diversity,
social equality, and minority rights. --Peter Vermeersch
(University of Leuven) is the author of The Romani Movement:
Minority Politics and Ethnic Mobilization in Contemporary Central
Europe.
... the book is not only a valuable contribution to the growing
literature on the political participation of Roma, it is also
recommended for all those activists, policy-makers, and- in
general- concerned European citizens, who wishes to understand
better the difficulties and anomalies of giving voice to the most
oppressed minority in Europe.
*Nations and Nationalisation, Volume 17, Part 4*
McGarry's book is a significant contribution to Romani Studies and
his analysis of 'legitimacy' questions the efficacy of the
political representation of Romani rights as currently conceived in
Europe.
*Millennium- Journal of International Studies*
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