The Challenge Of Anti-Roma Politics

The Challenge of Anti-Roma Politics reveals the marginalized situation of most Roma populations in Central and Eastern Europe today. This is in spite of financial and other assistance from the European Union both before and after countries with the largest Roma minorities had been admitted as EU members. The deteriorating conditions of Roma communities form the context for the rise of anti-Roma politics, accompanied by hate speech and crimes and extremist demonstrations. The book discusses how the European Commission, national governments and Roma and pro-Roma NGOs seek ways of countering these developments.