The Roma Cafe: Human Rights and the Plight of the Romani People

Istvan Pogany

ISBN 10: 0745320511 / ISBN 13: 9780745320519

Published by Pluto Press, London. UK, 2004

About this Item

viii, 198pp., b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Light dusting to top edge. Slightly browned edges. Lightly sunned spine.(BH)6/25.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1530770331705

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Roma Cafe: Human Rights and the Plight of the Romani People
• Publisher: Pluto Press, London. UK
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745320511
• ISBN 13: 9780745320519
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cultural Studies
  • European History

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Synopsis

Written in a lively and accessible style, and illustrated throughout with photographs, The Roma Cafe is a poignant and intriguing analysis of the diverse problems facing Central and Eastern Europe's gypsy populations, including the largely unacknowledged legacy of the Roma Holocaust. Engaging with a broad range of issues including racism, stereotyping, and political and economic transition in the ex-Communist states, Professor Istvan Pogany challenges the most common preconceptions about the Roma. He also looks at the specifics of individual Romani lives, particularly in Hungary and Romania. Highlighting the difficulties that all marginal peoples face, Pogany explains how the Roma have been devastated by the economic transition from Communism to open markets in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. Mass unemployment, poverty, lack of education, as well as widespread anti-Roma discrimination and inadequate legal protection, have left the Roma facing intense hardship and marginalisation since the collapse of state socialism. However, this book is not just a catalogue of the challenges that the Roma face -- it is also a celebration of Roma cultures and of the acceptance of difference -- something that is more important than ever in our multicultural societies.

About the Author

Istvan Pogany is Professor of Law at Warwick University. He teaches courses in comparative human rights and international law. He has written extensively on constitutional transition, human rights and minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe. His previous books include Human Rights in Eastern Europe (Edward Elgar, 1995) and Righting Wrongs in Eastern Europe (Manchester University Press, 1997).