When Stereotype Meets Prejudice: Antiziganism in European Societies

Antiziganism is a widespread phenomenon in all European societies. Poor or rich, `postcommunist` or `traditional`, North or South, with `lean` or `thick` welfare systems - all European societies demonstrate antiziganist prejudice. All across Europe Romanis are among the poorest, most destitute, and most excluded communities. Widespread prejudice and stereotypical representations of Romani individuals limit their chances for participation in democratic decision making processes and their access to services. Unable to counteract majority stereotypes systematically, more often than not they remain on the fringes of society. This edited volume asks where these stereotypes and prejudices come from, why they are ubiquitous to all societies, and how pertinent their impact on antiziganist attitudes found in European societies really is.

Timofey Agarin

Timofey Agarin is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics and Ethnic Conflict in Queen's University Belfast, where he is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict. His research interest is in ethnic politics and their impact on transition from communism in Central Eastern European states, as well as issue areas of non-discrimination, minority protection, migration, and civil society.
Agarin has published in “Ethnopolitics, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Ethnicities,” and “Nationalities Papers”. He authored “A Cat’s Lick? Democratisation and Minority Communities in the post-Soviet Baltic” (Rodopi 2010) and edited “Minority Integration in Central Eastern Europe: Between Ethnic Diversity and Equality” (Rodopi 2009, with Malte Brosig) and “Institutional Legacies of Communism: Change and Continuities in Minority Protection” (Routledge 2013, with Karl Cordell and Alexander Osipov)."

Matthew Kott

Katharina Crepaz

Markus End

Julija Sardelić

Huub van Baar

Sara Memo

Ioana Vrabiescu

Diana Popescu

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Edited by	Timofey Agarin
Contributions by	Timofey Agarin , Matthew Kott , Katharina Crepaz , Markus End , Julija Sardelić , Huub van Baar , Sara Memo , Ioana Vrabiescu , Diana Popescu
Number of Pages	250
Type	E-Book
E-book format	PDF
e-book DRM	Digital Rights Management - Watermark
Language	English
Publication date	01.10.2014
ISBN	978-3-8382-6688-6
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