Romani Communities and Transformative Change - by Andrew Ryder & Marius Taba & Nidhi Trehan (Paperback)

About the Book

Drawing on Roma community voices and expert research, this book challenges conventional discourses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion. Through the transformative vehicle of a 'Social Europe', it presents new strategies for framing social justice for Romani communities across Europe and provides innovative solutions to these dilemmas.

Book Synopsis

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND.

Drawing on Roma community voices and expert research, this book provides a powerful tool to challenge conventional discourses and analyses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion.

Through the transformative vehicle of a 'Social Europe', this edited collection presents new concepts and strategies for framing social justice for Romani communities across Europe. The vast majority of Roma experience high levels of exclusion from the labour market and from social networks in society. This book maps out how the implementation of a new 'Social Europe' can offer innovative solutions to these intransigent dilemmas.

This insightful and accessible text is vital reading for the policymaker, practitioner, academic and activist.

Review Quotes

"This is a must read for all who believe that the significant strengthening of a social Europe will benefit all, including the Roma, the largest ethnic minority in Europe." Huub van Baar, Justus Liebig University Giessen and University of Amsterdam

"This volume provides an insightful vision that challenges conventional discourses and analyses on Romani identity, poverty and exclusion. It brings together activist and scholarly voices from the Roma community, supported by those of researchers, to create a set of new visions to address the challenges that many Roma face today." Human Rights Review

About the Author

Andrew Ryder FRSA is Director of the Institute for Political and International Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.

Marius Taba is Visiting Lecturer and Fellow at Corvinus University of Budapest and former Grants and Research Manager at the Roma Education Fund.

Nidhi Trehan is Affiliated Senior Research Fellow of the CEU's Romani Studies Programme and Fellow of the Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) in New Delhi. She was formerly Visiting Scholar at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.