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Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship,
SPAIS, University of Bristol, UK:
JUNE 6, 2012 - 2.30pm
University
of Bristol, room 2D2, Social Science Complex
Populism and the New
anti-Romany Politics
Book launch and debate:
The Gypsy
'Menace'. Populism and the New anti-Romany Politics
ed. by Michael Stewart, London, HURST &
Co., 2012.
Presenter: Michael
Stewart (University College London)
Discussants: Will Guy
(University of Bristol) and Nando Sigona (Oxford University)
Followed by Q&A
The event is free and will be followed by a reception. All welcome
With
the financial support of HURST & Co.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ethnicity/events/2012/37.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/235752729873208/
Contact info: [log in to unmask]
Across Europe, Roma
and Gypsies are suffering increasing intolerance and hostility. A new populist
politics, that seeks political meaning in collective experiences and values,
forms of solidarity rooted in town, class, community or nation, finds in the
Roma a suitable target population to which ‘ordinary citizens’’ fears and
frustrations can be attached. This politics draws on a rising tide of
xenophobia; a feeling of loss of sovereignty and democratic oversight;
disillusionment with political elites; frustrations with the failure of welfare
programmes; the presentation of social and political conflicts as cultural
issues; and a growing rejection of the ideal of a trans-national European
order. This book resets the agenda for thinking about Europe’s largest
minority, analysing not only the challenges a liberal, tolerant politics
confronts but also suggesting ways of acting against the new xenophobia.
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Dr Giovanni Picker
Postdoc Research Fellow
Migration, Identity and Citizenship
ISPMN, Cluj-Napoca
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/people/person/251098
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