Interculturalism and Discrimination in Romania Policies, Practices, Identities and Representations

by Ruegg, Francois; Poledna, Rudolf; Rus, Calin

• ISBN13: 9783825880750
• ISBN10: 3825880753
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-07
• Publisher: Lit Verlag

Summary

This volume presents research on intercultural relations in South-Eastern Europe, including the way they are imagined and managed in different social and historical contexts. After an introductory critique of the concepts of interculturalism and citizenship, the situation in Romania is investigated. The second part deals with a series of in-depth comparative studies, namely on the Roma minorities in Romania and Bulgaria. But it also considers the case of the Pomaks in Bulgaria, of Russians living in parallel societies in the Baltic States and the recent evolution of interculturalism in the region.

Table of Contents

Interculturalism and discrimination in Romania
Conceptual framework: Interculturalism and citizenship	p. 13
From the crisis of anthropological representations to the advent of prefixes	p. 15
Social anthropological reflections on citizenship	p. 29
Romania	p. 45
Historical minorities and new immigrants	p. 47
How Romania became "greater": Reflections on things past and ressentiment	p. 59
Multicultural versus intercultural approach towards minority rights	p. 73
The Roma	p. 93
Ethnicization process among the Roma communities in Bulgaria	p. 95
The construction of a new Roma ethnic identity	p. 105
Living on the periphery: Roma in Bulgaria	p. 135
Ethnic relations and poverty in a multi-ethnic community in Romania	p. 155
Public discourse analysis in a Hungarian town, 1990-2001: Roma-non Roma relationships	p. 173
A comparative approach in the region	p. 185
In search of one's own self: Identity of the Bulgarian Muslims (Pomaks). A case study from Western Rhodopes	p. 187
Borders and Bridges: Multiculturalism in Bulgaria in the period of transformation	p. 203
Intercultural relations, citizenship, and human rights in the context of Central and Eastern Europe: Parallel societies in the Baltic States	p. 225
Nationalism, nationalizing minorities and kin-state nationalism	p. 249
Research in interculturalism: two aspects of the question	p. 277
Romanian research in the field of national minorities	p. 279
Language and education from an intercultural perspective: Essential prerequisites for a European project	p. 289
Forum of ideas	p. 297
Theory and practise of human rights in post-traditional societies	p. 299
The image of a good European	p. 309
The Europe of cultural identities: Cultural rights, human rights. A challenge for the European Union	p. 315
Conclusion: The Swiss Schengen Posters. Thoughts on the public expression of xenophobia	p. 319
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