Orphans of transition: Gypsies in Eastern Europe

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-156

  Barany, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 22044439492     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.1998.0038     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. I am using "Roma" ("men" in Romani language) and its derivatives (singular "Rom," adjective "Romani") interchangeably with "Gypsies." The size of Eastern Europe's Romani population is a heavily debated issue. See, for instance, Jean-Pierre Liègeois, Roma, Gypsies, Travelers (Strasbourg: Council of Europe Press, 1994), 29-36.
2. There are some exceptions, to be sure, such as the conditions of the Russian minority in the otherwise quickly democratizing Baltic states, but these are largely explained by historical and geostrategic circumstances rather than by some sort of institutionally supported campaign against ethnic minorities.
3. See, for instance, Tomas Calvo Buezas, Espana racista? Voces Payas sobre los Gitanos (Barcelona: Editorial Anthropos, 1990);
4. David Sibley, Outsiders in Urban Societies (Oxford: Blackwell, 1981);
5. Luise Rinser, Wer wirft den Stein? Zigeuner sein in Deutschland (Stuttgart: Weitbrecht, 1985);
6. and Wim Willems and Leo Lucassen, "A Silent War: Foreign Gypsies and Dutch Government Policy," Immigrants and Minorities 11 (March 1992): 81-101.
7. Liègeois, Roma, Gypsies, Travelers, 225.
8. Karl W. Deutsch, Nationalism and Its Alternatives (New York: Knopf, 1969), 45.
9. Fredrik Barth, "Introduction," in idem, ed., Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference (Boston: Allen and Unwin, 1970), 31.
10. For a fine scholarly treatment of Romani history, see Angus Fraser, The Gypsies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2nd ed., 1995).
11. Author's interview with Wolfart (Budapest, June 1994).
12. Michael Stewart, The Time of the Gypsies (Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1997), 28.
13. See Zoltan Barany, "Living on the Edge: The East European Roma in Postcommunist Politics and Societies," Slavic Review 53 (Summer 1994): 333-35.
14. See Zoltan Barany, "Ethnic Mobilization and the State: The East European Roma," Ethnic and Racial Studies 21 (March 1998): 308-27.
15. Zoltan Barany, "The Roma in Macedonia: Ethnic Politics and the Marginal Condition in a Balkan State," Ethnic and Racial Studies 18 (July 1995): 515-31.
16. Zoltan Barany, "Minorities in Romania: Favorable Trends for Romania's Roma," Transition 1 (20 October 1995): 26-31.
17. Quoted in Henry Kamm, "In New Eastern Europe, an Old Anti-Gypsy Bias," New York Times, 17 November 1993, A6.
18. John Mueller, "Minorities and the Democratic Image," East European Politics and Societies 9 (Fall 1995): 520-21.