„And nobody throws stones at them”. Polish Roma migrants and their contribution to Roma/Gypsy/Traveller politics in the United Kingdom Cover Image

„I nikt nie rzuca w nie kamieniami”: romscy imigranci z Polski i ich wkład do polityki Romów/ Cyganów/ Wędrowców w Zjednoczonym Królestwie
„And nobody throws stones at them”. Polish Roma migrants and their contribution to Roma/Gypsy/Traveller politics in the United Kingdom

Author(s): Thomas Acton, Sylvia Ingmire
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie
Keywords: Roma; Gypsy; Travellers; migrants; politics; United Kingdom

Summary/Abstract: This paper argues that the distinct and important contribution that immigrant Polish Roma have made to the development of general Roma/Gypsy/Traveller Politics in the United Kingdom is partly explicable in terms of the cultural capital they have brought with them from Poland. They have introduced a new style of cultural politics and community organisation which has been emulated by Roma/Gypsy/Traveller organisations from other communities, and has strengthened the possibilities of common action, underpinned by a new kind of diverse and tolerant pan-Romani consciousness embodied in the UK’s Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in June each year.

  • Issue Year: 5/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-96
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English, Polish, Romany