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Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Inclusive Community Development

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Description for Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Inclusive Community Development Paperback. This book charts Gypsies Romany and Travellers community activism, and the community and voluntary organisations which support them. It describes the communities' struggle for rights against a backdrop of intersectional discrimination across Europe. Editor(s): Ryder, Andrew; Cemlyn, Sarah; Acton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Over the past decade, interest in Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) has risen up the political and media agendas, but they remain relatively unknown. This topical book is the first to chart the history and contemporary developments in GRT community activism, and the community and voluntary organisations and coalitions which support it. Underpinned by radical community development and equality theories, it describes the communities' struggle for rights against a backdrop of intense intersectional discrimination across Europe, and critiques the ambivalent role of community development in fostering these campaigns. Much of it co-written by community activists, it is a vehicle ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
426 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447313571
SKU
V9781447313571
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Andrew Ryder
Andrew Ryder is a Fellow at Bristol University, Associate Fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre, Birmingham and Visiting Professor at the Corvinus University, Budapest. Sarah Cemlyn is a Fellow at Bristol University. She has worked extensively with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as community practitioner, researcher, writer and activist Prof Thomas Acton holds honorary chairs at Greenwich ... Read more

Reviews for Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Inclusive Community Development
“This book, written by well-respected activist-scholars and community members, challenges the establishment to hear the strength of voice in the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and to recognise the power of co-production to facilitate transformative change.” Dr Jo Richardson, Professor of Housing and Social Research, De Montfort University, Leicester @socialhousing "This important book provides understanding of Gypsy, Roma ... Read more

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