Open Borders, Unlocked Cultures

Romanian Roma Migrants in Western Europe
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-23948-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 461 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sociology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matras, Yaron

Leggio, Daniele

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. How Open Borders Can Unlock Cultures: Concepts, Methods, and Procedures 2. Romania’s Roma: A Socio-historical Overview 3. Romanian Roma at Home: Mobility Patterns, Migration Experiences, Networks, and Remittances 4. Founder Effects and Transnational Mutations: The Familial Structure of a Romani Diaspora 5. Romanian Roma Migration to Italy: Improving the Capacity to Aspire 6. Life and Death of a French Shantytown: An Anthropology of Power 7. Community Identity and Mobilisation: Roma Migrant Experiences in Manchester

Über Autor(innen)

Yaron Matras is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester, UK.

Daniele Viktor Leggio is Research Associate in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the University of Manchester, UK.