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Romii în România postcomunistă: mobilizare şi discurs identitar
Roma people in post-communist Romania: mobilization and identity discourse

Author(s): Iulius Rostas
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Roma; social movements; mobilization; identity discourse; Romani movement

Summary/Abstract: This article looks at the Roma and social change from the perspective of mobilizing strategies used by Roma organizations and their leaders. It will analyze the types of structures developed by Roma, the context they emerged and the causes, as well as the capacity to mobilize Roma. The hypothesis is that there are structural factors within the organizations developed by Roma that negatively influences their capacity of mobilization. The literature on social movements will serve as bases for this analysis.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 138
  • Page Range: 58-68
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian