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List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Those named as “Gypsy” - a Challenge to Politics
Chapter 3: Being Adivasi: The Narikuravars in Tamil Nadu
Chapter 4: Being Roma in Transylvania, Romania
Chapter 5: “Our Justice”
Chapter 6: Power: Internal and External Hierarchies
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Chapter 7: Politics of Discrimination and Denial and History
Chapter 8: Formal Practices of the Struggle for Social Justice
Chapter 9: Informal Practices of the Struggle for Social Justice
Chapter 10: Gender Dynamics on the Move
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Annex
About the author
Cristina-Ioana Dragomir is a Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. Previously she taught at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, USA and consulted with the United Nations.
Summary
Based on intensive ethnographic work in Romania and India conducted over six years, this book traces the struggle for social justice in Roma and Adivasi communities. Throughout centuries of persecution and marginalization, the Roma and Adivasi have been viewed as both victims and fighters, as royals and paupers, beasts and gods, and lately have been challenging the political and social order by defying the status quo.
Different from commonly held suppositions that assume most marginalized and mobile communities typically resist the state and engage in hostile acts to undermine its authority, Power on the Move shows how these groups are willing to become full members. By utilizing different means, such as protests, sit-ins and grass roots organizing, they aim to gain the attention of the state (national and international), hoping to reach inclusion and access social justice.
Foreword
Critically engaging with the conception that historically marginalized and mobile groups resist integration, this book shows how Roma and Adivasi communities in Romania and India engage in diverse processes of integration, aiming to access social justice.
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Grounded in rich ethnographies from Tamil Nadu and Romania, this work is critical for students of comparative human rights and social justice.
