The East European Gypsies: Regime Change, Marginality, and EthnopoliticsThis book is the first attempt by a social scientist to explain the age-old predicament of Gypsies (or Roma), Eastern Europe's largest ethnic minority, and their relationship to the region's states and societies. Professor Barany comparatively examines the Gypsies' socioeconomic and political marginality and the policies toward them through seven centuries and in seven East European states. He illuminates the reasons why the Roma have consistently occupied the bottom of social, economic, and political hierarchies regardless of historical period or geographic location. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK | 21 |
Regimes States and Minorities | 23 |
Marginality and Ethnic Mobilization | 49 |
NONDEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS AND GYPSY MARGINALITY | 81 |
The Gypsies in Imperial and Authoritarian States | 83 |
The Roma under StateSocialism | 112 |
THE GYPSIES IN EMERGING DEMOCRACIES | 157 |
Romani Mobilization | 202 |
The International Dimension Migration and Institutions | 241 |
State Institutions and Policies toward the Gypsies | 282 |
Romani Marginality Revisited | 325 |
Conclusion | 354 |
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