‘Counts’ in the Italian ‘nomad camps’: an incautious ethnic census of Roma

Hermanin, Costanza

doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.559264

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“…There are already several scholarly articles that analyze some aspects of Italian and French migration policies directed at Romani migrants, particularly from Romania and Bulgaria, but none of them make the theoretical link with racial neoliberalism (e.g. Clough Marinaro, 2009;Clough Marinaro & Sigona, 2011;Fassin, 2010;Hepworth, 2012;Hermanin, 2011;Sigona, 2011;McGarry & Drake, 2013;Nacu, 2012). This article reflects on the normalization of racialization of Roma and exclusion of racialized Romani migrants, who are associated with illegitimacy and a threat to European citizenship.…”

Section: Italian and French Case Studies As A Test For European Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, migration and neoliberalism: distorted notions of Romani migration in European public discourses

Kóczé

2017

Social Identities

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This article analyzes the migration of Roma based on recent public, academic, policy and political debates in connection with two specific case studies in France and Italy. Moreover, it aims to understand how contemporary racialized discourses and neoliberal social and political forces (re)create Roma as a racialized internal 'other' to legitimize subtle anti-Romani politics in Europe. By doing that, it argues that the current migration of Roma cannot be understood apart from the proliferation of the hegemonic neoliberal ideology that facilitates the racialization of Roma and normalizes their social exclusion in Europe. Moreover, it explores the role of neoliberalism in the racialization and subjugation of Roma in Europe.

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Section: Italian and French Case Studies As A Test For European Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, migration and neoliberalism: distorted notions of Romani migration in European public discourses

Kóczé

2017

Social Identities

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“…For these reasons, members of an ethnic minority should be encouraged to self-identify in some way. Also, as some suggest, "involving minorities' representatives in the organization of population censuses and raising awareness among minorities about antidiscrimination efforts" would be effective (Ringelheim 2011(Ringelheim , page 1689; see also Hermanin, 2011;Peters, 2012). However, the case of the Dogai Ainu might question these arguments.…”

Section: Concealing Ethnicity In An Intolerant Social Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Being Indigenous in a Non-Indigenous Environment: Identity Politics of the Dogai Ainu and New Indigenous Policies of Japan

Nakamura

2015

Environ Plan A

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The au th o r discusses the identities and socioeconomic status o f Indigenous people in a non-Indigenous environm ent, ways to recognize Indigenous belonging statistically, and ethnic policies in a Japanese context, specifically focusing on the Dogai Ainu; that is, the Ainu who left their original hom eland of H okkaido and live elsewhere in Japan. The Japanese G overnm ent's 2010 socioeconomic survey of the Dogai Ainu dem onstrated a socioeconomic gap between the D ogai Ainu and the m ajority o f the Japanese. This survey also revealed the difficulty of conducting surveys o f the Dogai Ainu because, in a non-Indigenous environm ent, many o f them tend to conceal their ethnicity for fear of discrim ination and hesitate to participate in surveys. Indigenous peoples in Anglophone countries are increasingly challenging the definition of Indigeneity as imposed by outsiders, and self-identification is becoming an essential com ponent o f recognizing Indigenous belonging to reflect the reality and diversity o f Indigenous identities. Some countries such as the USA and C anada have also begun using self-identification for enum eration in statistics. The case study of the D ogai Ainu, however, suggests that Indigenous belonging cannot always be recognized by self-identification and Indigenous policies may have to be implemented w ithout comprehensive data.

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“…199 As noted above, the Nomad Emergency also included the demolition of illegal Roma settlements, which were mostly located in the suburbs of Rome, Milan, and Naples. 200 According to the government's plan, the camps were to be demolished and the Roma illegally living in Italy expelled by May 2009. 201 As a result of the "troublesome" nomad settlements, on May 21, 2008 the Italian government issued an ordinance (valid for one year) declaring a state of emergency in the Campania, Lazio and Lombardy regions.…”

Section: French Expulsionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conflict between Declared Roma Minority Rights and European Practice: Why the Legal Framework Doesn't Work in Reality?

Kuhelj

2012

SSRN Journal

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Roma in Europe continue to be victims of racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. Despite formal legal efforts and declarations from the European Union (EU), the European Council, and EU member states where large numbers of Roma reside, real shifts have yet to occur. This article will attempt to elucidate the factors underlying the actual lack of improvement or even stagnation of Roma, as well as determine who is responsible for the situation in Europe, where a policy of publicly declared concern for Roma rights appears side by side with blatant violations. Cases of systematic persecution and degradation of the Roma minority will be highlighted, as will the question of the political obligation to protect human rights on the levels of the individual states, the EU and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This article will present the declarative "European" stance on discrimination towards Roma on the one hand, and the actual discrimination that occurs outside the framework of projects and programs in some European states on the other. Despite the efforts that have been made, Roma issues are still entrenched in the national, regional and local levels of political, legal, economic and social-educational structures.

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‘Counts’ in the Italian ‘nomad camps’: an incautious ethnic census of Roma

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Race, migration and neoliberalism: distorted notions of Romani migration in European public discourses

Race, migration and neoliberalism: distorted notions of Romani migration in European public discourses

Being Indigenous in a Non-Indigenous Environment: Identity Politics of the Dogai Ainu and New Indigenous Policies of Japan

Conflict between Declared Roma Minority Rights and European Practice: Why the Legal Framework Doesn't Work in Reality?

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