European Roma integration efforts : a snapshot /

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Imprint:Brussels : Brussels University Press, c2013.
Description:276 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Institute for European Studies publication series ; nr. 21
Publication series (Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Institute for European Studies) ; no. 21.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10081026
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Other authors / contributors:Goodwin, Morag, editor.
Hert, Paul de, editor.
Europe and the Roma (2012 : Brussels, Belgium)
ISBN:9789057181573
9057181576
Notes:Papers from a 2012 workshop hosted by the Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism Research Group (FRC) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:The last few years have been particularly busy with regard to European Romani integration efforts. This book reflects upon the achievements and failures to date of integration efforts aimed at Europe's Romani populations by scholars from a range of disciplines and across a range of local points that, taken together, offer an insight into where we are now.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. An Introductory Essay - Contextualising Romani Integration Efforts in the European Union
  • Section 1. Examining Institutional Approaches
  • Chapter 2. Is the European Court of Human Rights' Case-law on Anti-Romani Violence 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt'?
  • Chapter 3. Proving the Invisible: Addressing Evidentiary Issues in Cases of Presumed Discriminatory Abuse against Roma before the European Court of Human Rights through V.C. v. Slovakia
  • Chapter 4. The Roma and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: A Tool to Disentangle the Dichotomy between a Socially Disadvantaged Group and a National Minority
  • Chapter 5. Enforcing Fundamental Rights in the European Union After the Treaty of Lisbon: What Can the Roma Case Tell Us?
  • Section 2. Country Perspectives
  • Chapter 6. Great Ideas - Bad Practice: On Implementation of Policies and Programmes for Roma
  • Chapter 7. Anti-Roma Hate Speech in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
  • Chapter 8. Roma as a Discrete and Insular Minority in Poland: In a Quest for Effective Rights Protection Mechanisms
  • Chapter 9. Roma in Romania: From Law to Practice
  • Chapter 10. Positive Action for Roma in Belgium
  • Annex: Extract from The Situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States: Survey Results At A Glance: Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)