Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe

This book examines experiences of Romani political participation in eastern and western Europe, providing an understanding of the emerging political space that over 8 million Romani citizens occupy within the EU, and addressing issues related to the socio-political circumstances of Romani communities within European countries.

WILL GUY is Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and member of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, UK ANGELA KÓCZÉ is a Phd researcher at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary MIGUEL LAPARRA is Director in the Department of Social Work, Universidad Pública de Navarra, and Coordinator of the ALTER Research Group ALMUNDENA MACÍAS holds a BA in Psychology and a PhD in Social Sciences from the Department of Social Work at the Public University of Navarre, Spain MARTIN MARU ÁK works at the University of Pre ov in Eastern Slovakia. JUD NIRENBERG was CEO of the European Roma and Travellers Forum and has worked for several international Romani organizations and their donors. JO RICHARDSON is Principal Lecturer in the Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University, UK IULIUS ROSTAS is Researcher with the Institute for Studying National Minorities Issues in Romania ANDREW RYDER is the National Policy Officer of the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain NANDO SIGONA is Researcher at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK and also Lecturer in refugee studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK KATRIN SIMHANDL is a consultant on diversity issues LEO SINGER is a community worker in Slovakia, and is involved in anti-racist activism and worker's movements NIDHI TREHAN is an ESRC Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Political Science, University College London, UK