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• Introduction
• Chapter I. Ethnic Identity as a Social Category and as a Process
• Chapter II. Policy-making, Policy Models, and the Roma
• Chapter III. Policies towards Roma in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania
• Chapter IV. The EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies-Soft Governance of Complex Issues
• Chapter V. Conclusion: Failure, Data, and What Comes Next List of References Index.
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Despite an increase in the number of EU and government initiatives in their favor, the situation of Roma in Europe has only worsened. This book explores the many miscalculations, misconceptions, and blunders that have led to this failure. For Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Romania, Rostas shows how policy makers in each country mishandled already confused EU policy, from failing to define "Roma" to not having a way to evaluate their own progress. Rostas further argues that the alleged successes of these policies were the product of poor information and sometimes outright deception. Examining perennial topics among Roma like school segregation and political representation, the author shows how often the so-called "success" of Roma policies can be fallacious and simply pave the way for further problems. Rostas maintains that when the EU's Framework for Roma program comes to an end in 2020, there must be a fundamental shift in policy for there to be any real improvement for Roma. Policy makers will have to address Roma issues not only in terms of poverty and social exclusion but also in terms of the particular nature of Romani ethnic identity. This shift requires reconceiving Roma as a "politically insular minority" and rearranging the power dynamics of local government to ensure that when the new era of Roma policy begins Roma themselves will have a voice in its formulation.
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• Foreword-- Acknowledgements-- About the Roma Education Fund-- Introduction-- PART I CHAPTER ONE Institutional Responses to Segregation: The Role of Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations-- CHAPTER TWO Setting the Roma Policy Agenda: The Role of International Organizations in Combating School Desegregation-- CHAPTER THREE Judicial Policy Making: The Role of the Courts in Promoting School Desegregation PART II Bulgaria - Interview with Rumyan Russinov-- Bulgaria - Policy review by Krassimir Kanev-- Czech Republic - Interview with Ivan Veseley-- Czech Republic - Policy review by Gwendolyn Albert-- Hungary - Interview with Viktoria Mohacsi-- Hungary - Policy review by Orsolya Szendrey-- Romania - Interview with Costel Bercus-- Romania - Policy review by Florin Moisa Slovakia - Interview with Klara Orgovanova-- Slovakia - Policy Review by Miroslava Hapalova and Martina Kubanova-- PART III Conclusion-- List of Contributors-- Index.
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Roma rights have emerged on the political agenda of Eastern Europe. School segregation is one of the hottest issues. Each country has developed its own approach, with Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania being more visible in the desegregation process. The volume presents the results collated in the frames of the fact finding project led by the editor. The analysis includes the examination of a large number of legal documents and policy statements issued by national authorities and the international community on the matter. A critical overview is also made about the various Roma-specific political campaigns on national and European scale. The second half of the book contains interviews with activists that assumed a leading role in school desegregation. These testimony pieces have been critically reviewed by educational and policy analysts from the concerned countries.
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