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Education for Citizenship and Social Justice: The Case of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

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Cemlyn and Ryder provide a cogent, multi-layered analysis of the barriers and potential of education for active and participatory citizenship and social justice for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma across Europe. In the context of widespread and entrenched structural inequalities and injustice for these minorities, they review developments in citizenship theories for their relevance, including multicultural, post-national, feminist and radical democratic citizenship, and the inclusive values of justice, recognition, self-determination and solidarity. Drawing on examples from the UK, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria, they explore the challenges of unequal access, bullying and curricular non-inclusivity in Western Europe; persistent segregation and exclusion in Eastern European countries; and highlight the value of community empowerment and critical engagement with education, and alliances between communities, professionals and policy advocates.

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Notes

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    These reports can be accessed at: http//www.romadecade.org/civilsocietymonitoring

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    See footnote 1.

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    E.g. The Romani Cultural and Arts Company in Wales: http://romaniarts.co.uk/

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Cemlyn, S., Ryder, A. (2016). Education for Citizenship and Social Justice: The Case of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. In: Peterson, A., Hattam, R., Zembylas, M., Arthur, J. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Social Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51507-0_8

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