Romanian Roma: An Institutional Ethnography of Labour Market Exclusion

Breimo, Janne Paulsen; Baciu, Elena-Loreni

doi:10.17645/si.v4i1.539

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“…The employment situation of the Roma population has been addressed in research highlighting low employment rates (Zamfir & Zamfir 1993;Ionescu & Cace 2006b;Duminică, 2006;Cace et al, 2010) and the need for measures to facilitate Roma access to the labour market (Ionescu & Cace 2006a;Duminică & Preda, 2003;Cace, 2007); their discrimination and marginalisation in the labour market (Breimo & Baciu 2016, Moisa et al, 2019Schmaus, 2020;Lazăr, 2020;Pascal, 2020;Crețan et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the second context, Romania's accession to the EU in relation to national minority rights has been presented antithetically by scholars: on the one hand there are researchers who consider that EU accession has influenced the protection of their rights (Kelley, 2004b), on the other hand there are researchers who consider that the success of protecting the dept is limited because discrimination has continued after EU accession (Sobotka & Vermeersch, 2012;Sasse, 2008;Bieber & Bieber, 2021) especially in terms of Roma integration in the labour market (Ionescu & Cace 2006b;Cace et al, 2010;Preoteasa et al, 2010;Breimo & Baciu, 2016;Anghel, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Socio-Economic Aspects of Work and the Labour Market in Four Roma Communities in Romania

Corman,

Sassu

2023

Studies in Business and Economics

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The article presents socio-economic aspects of work and labour market in four Roma communities in Romania. The theoretical framework presents the labour market, its risks and inequalities in relation to the Roma population. The data analysed in the article is based on a qualitative methodology and 123 people (Roma and non-Roma) were interviewed. The analysis presents the jobs of Roma people, the ways they are paid for the work they do and the determinants of the label given to Roma by welfare recipients who do not like to work. The data presented and analysed are obtained within the project “The role of religion and religious actors in Roma social inclusion: towards a participatory approach” PARI – RO-NO-2019-0586.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Socio-Economic Aspects of Work and the Labour Market in Four Roma Communities in Romania

Corman,

Sassu

2023

Studies in Business and Economics

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“…For example, when an interviewee mentioned that she "received the social (i.e., welfare) from Mrs. Claudia", she expressed in fact that the Town Hall was providing her and her family with social benefits and the social worker (in the person of Mrs. Claudia) was the person from this institution that managed the case. Such a representation, 'stuck in informality' (Breimo and Baciu 2016), distorts, for the persons concerned, the understanding of the legal arrangements behind the provision of support, making it seem discretionary and depending on the benevolence of the donor identified by name. For the beneficiary receiving the support, it is not a matter of their legal rights, but a matter of the good will of the provider.…”

Section: An Overview Of the Interviewees' Social Capitalmentioning

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The Influence of Social Capital on the Educational Attainment of Roma Persons: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Romania

Baciu

Lazăr

2021

Social and Economic Vulnerability of Roma People

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As the largest ethnic minority in Europe, Roma persons are among the groups with the lowest levels of educational attainment. In Romania, the country with the highest number of Roma persons of all the EU Members States, the situation is even worse, each higher level of education revealing an increasing gap between Roma persons and the general population.Positioned within the framework of Social Capital theory, the current chapter explores the influences of micro- and mezzo-level social networks on educational attainment of Roma persons, trying to explain some of the mechanisms that perpetuate the gap between them and the general population, in terms of educational attainment.Drawing on a qualitative bottom-up study of Roma persons’ experiences of belonging in society, we analysed the interlocking influences of bonding and bridging social capital on the interviewees’ educational attainment. The results of the study point out that both forms of social capital have an important impact on the educational attainment of persons in vulnerable groups, although in different ways, and sometimes they can be mutually reinforcing, depending on the prevailing social arrangements, in either keeping the persons engaged in education, or drawing them away from their educational paths. The results also show that in circumstances of intersecting vulnerabilities, a noticeable imbalance between agency and structure is produced, which corrodes the foundational principles of equity and affects the equality of opportunities.

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“…However, the adopted strategy, shared with the European Commission, does not necessarily mean that it will meet the standards for a strategic public policy document (Powell et al, 2018). Almost ten years after the adoption of the first strategy for the improvement of the Roma situation, progress is still considered insignificant, and the adoption of documents that repeat the weaknesses of the previous public policy documents are listed as the main problems (Breimo and Baciu, 2016). Furthermore, the North Macedonia's Strategy for the Roma focuses on discrimination and human rights protection as one of its main priority areas.…”

Section: European Strategies In Eliminating Social Exclusion Of Romamentioning

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Working with marginalized groups: towards more holistic strategies for social exclusion reduction of the Roma community in Kosovo

Balidemaj

2021

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Purpose This paper aims to identify the successful strategies, through literature review, to be used in Kosovo to help integrate the Roma community and to reduce the community’s overall social exclusion. This paper further examines the gaps between strategies and implementation results in reducing the social exclusion of the Roma through experiences of other European countries with similar political and socio-economic history as Kosovo. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a literature review and further examines the experiences of other European countries, with similar political and socio-economic history as Kosovo and their strategies in eliminating the social exclusion for Roma communities. A holistic socio-ecological approach is used as a recommended model to be used for the development of a strategy to reduce social exclusion among Roma Communities in Kosovo. Findings The social and economic implications are extremely negative for countries with large Roma minorities, such as Western Balkan countries and the European Union (EU) as a whole. Roma inclusion policies both in the EU and Western Balkans contain considerable flaws and tend to ignore the variables of discrimination and antigypsyism. There is an obvious need to act more urgently to prevent the exclusion of Roma and to create strategies for better inclusion. Overall, gaps seem to remain between the strategies and implementation results. Practical implications This paper aims to add to the existing literature about the ongoing efforts of the international development assistance community and communities in the developing world. This paper also aims to show the gaps in ongoing efforts and provide generic recommendations that may be applicable in many diverse situations with the aim of leading communities toward a self-sufficient sustainable future. Originality/value The Kosovo anti-discrimination law protects all individuals from discrimination; however, in practice, studies show that the Roma exclusion is very high in Kosovo. This paper stands among the first to analyze comparative literature and policy reviews.

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Romanian Roma: An Institutional Ethnography of Labour Market Exclusion

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Socio-Economic Aspects of Work and the Labour Market in Four Roma Communities in Romania

Socio-Economic Aspects of Work and the Labour Market in Four Roma Communities in Romania

The Influence of Social Capital on the Educational Attainment of Roma Persons: Evidence from a Qualitative Study in Romania

Working with marginalized groups: towards more holistic strategies for social exclusion reduction of the Roma community in Kosovo

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