Rights of the Roma - The Struggle for Citizenship in Postwar Czechoslovakia

Explores the evolving human rights of Roma in Eastern Europe's recent history, and the complex politics of Roma rights today.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Legacies of 1919; 2. Stalinist Gypsy workers; 3. But Roma are rural!; 4. Cracking down on nomadism; 5. Politics get personal; 6. Prague Spring for Roma; 7. Human rights, minority rights, Roma rights; 8. Losing rights after 1989; Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Celia Donert is Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. She received her Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Florence, and has held research fellowships in Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Potsdam, and Prague.

Zusammenfassung

A new interpretation of citizenship in socialist Eastern Europe and non-Western histories of human rights, based upon the vivid social and political history of Roma in Czechoslovakia. Celia Donert rewrites Roma as agents, not victims, of social citizenship, drawing on extensive original research in Czech and Slovak archives.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Celia Donert, Celia (University of Cambridge) Donert, Celia (University of Liverpool) Donert
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107176270
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17627-0
• Seiten: 308
• Serien: Human Rights in History; Human Rights in History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Czech Republic, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Civil rights & citizenship, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)