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Will Guy (ed). Between Past and Future: the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe (2001). Zoltan Barany. The East European Gypsies. Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics (2002). The Czech lands and Slovakia: another false dawn?.
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Will Guy (ed) Between Past and Future: the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe (2001)
Zoltan Barany The East European Gypsies. Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics(2002)
The Czech lands and Slovakia: another false dawn? • Pre- communist policy differences (nomadism vs sedentarisation, WW2nd, etc) • Communism • 1989 – 1997 • 1997 – present • Fulfilment of the Charter 77 prophecy
Communism • Enforced + voluntary relocation to Sudetenlands from Slovak shanty-town settlements (after removal of Germans 1945) • Large scale employment (low status jobs), decayed urban areas • 1958 policy of integration (USSR model), population dispersal, law on settlement of nomads • 1965 policy on transfer (from Sk) + dispersal • 68 federalisation; Association of Gypsies-Roma (73) • 1978 Charter 77 Information on situation of Gypsies-Roma quotation p. 292 + „prophecy“ p. 293
Charter 77 Document 23 about the situation of Gypsies-Roma in Cz • Denial of national minority status to R. „was dictated by teh desire of the ruling powers to reduce the size of the minority problem“ • Criticism of sterilisation, housing + educational segragation, use of 58 law – branded as „racist repression“ • Challenged teh government claim to have integrated Roma into labour force (perpetuating disadvantaged position) • Warning about vulnerability of Roma workers when economy modernises p.293
1989-97 • ROI (Romani Civic Initiative) a part of OF (Civic Forum) • Roma gained status as a national minority, Romani MPs • Bogardus scale of social distance – high hostitily • Beauty Queen racist utterence (Stewart 1997) • Racist attacks (1995 longer sentences, racism in police force) • Unemployment (70 % vs national 5%- Bratinaka 97); stereotype of self chosen unemployment • Criminality (20% vs national 3%) – criminalisation, abused by Republicans (Sládek) • Citizenship law 93, 96, 2000; led to 97 exodus • Housing ghetoisation (bare flats), educational segregation,
1997 - present • 97 Bratinka report on situation of R. community in Cz • Inter-departmental commission for Romani affairs • 98 social democrats in government • Framework convention • April 99 Draft Concept of Roma integration, approved in June 2000 • „Conflict-free co-existence of the R. community with the remainder of society“ • Safety, non-discrimination, improving social sit (employment, housing, health) • Equalising measures, no quota
Future visions • Fulfilling the grim Charter 77 prophecy? • EU entry impact • Double standards cf. Canada vs UK asylum applicant success rate • IRU stabilisation policies • Prevent mass unemployment + dependency on social support • Prejudice, racism, hostility, discrimination, social situation (edu., empl., housing, health…)