Open Borders, Unlocked Cultures: Romanian Roma Migrants in Western Europe (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Synopsis

The book examines some of the dilemmas surrounding Europe’s open borders, migrations, and identities through the prism of the Roma – Europe’s most dispersed and socially marginalised population. The volume challenges some of the myths surrounding the Roma as a ‘problem population’, and places the focus instead on the context of European policy and identity debates. It comes to the conclusion that the migration of Roma and the constitution of their communities is shaped by European policy as much as, and often more so, than by the cultural traits of the Roma themselves. The chapters compare case studies of Roma migrants in Spain, Italy, France, and Britain and the impact of migration on the origin communities in Romania. The study combines historical and ethnographic methods with insights from migration studies, drawing on a unique multi-site collaborative project that for the first time gave Roma participants a voice in shaping research into their communities. Chapters 1 and 7 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

182 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781315295756

Related ISBNs:

9781138239487, 9781315295770, 9780367884963

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/17/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Yaron Matras and Daniele Viktor Leggio

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Yaron Matras

Edited by:

Daniele Viktor Leggio