A typology of Roma misrepresentation in contemporary Europe: Marginalization, denizenship, suppression and co-option

Picard, Pier-Luc Dupont

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A typology of Roma misrepresentation in contemporary Europe: Marginalization, denizenship, suppression and co-option

Pier-Luc Dupont Picard

Deusto Journal of Human Rights, Issue: 15, Pages: 161 - 183

Swansea University Author: Pier-Luc Dupont Picard

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Building on David Theo Goldberg’s account of the racial state and empirical research on Roma people in Europe, this article delineates various ways in which racism can undermine political representation. To that end it deploys Nancy Fraser’s concepts of “ordinary-political misrepresentation” and “mi...

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A typology of Roma misrepresentation in contemporary Europe: Marginalization, denizenship, suppression and co-option

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