ROMA IN THE YUGOSLAV SUCCESSOR STATES
ROMA IN THE YUGOSLAV SUCCESSOR STATES

Author(s): Eben Friedman
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Kosovo; Macedonia; Montenegro; Roma; Serbia; Slovenia; Yugoslavia
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores how the Yugoslav successor states have addressed their respective Romani populations, which in all successor states, as in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, constitute the most disadvantaged minority. The examination of official treatment of Roma in the successor states is structured around eight key parameters: constitutional recognition, anti-discrimination legislation, primary education, legislation on minorities, provisions for parliamentary representation, Romani- specific central-level strategies, arrangements for advice on and coordination of policy toward Roma, and targeted mechanisms for the integration of Roma at local level. While available data say something about the overall success of policies toward Roma in the successor states, inadequate data collecting on the part of governments does not allow specific conclusions to be drawn about the effects of different policy approaches on the situation of Roma.

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