Humanities & Social Sciences

The politics of Unbelonging

Understanding and challenging racialisation of Roma in Europe and beyond

by Andreja Zevnik, Andrew Russell

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This book offers a comprehensive study of racialisation of Romani communities in Europe (and beyond). Drawing on the idea of unbelonging it demonstrates how Romani communities are placed in a position of visceral visibility by local, national and international institutions as well as public media discourses. It shows how such positionality impacts the ability of Roma to self-represent politically and build capacity for change. From the position of unbelonging the book offers an account of Romani agency which both challenges the mainstream representations of Roma but also develops an alternative none-nation-state sense of belonging. In doing so the book outlines an account of Romani alternative expressions in order to take control of their relationship with their own history, future, knowledge, and identity, and the rest of the society.

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The Politics of Unbelonging draws on the notions of racialisation and marginalisation to critically examine the continued political, social and economic exclusion of Roma in Europe and beyond. It combines sharp theoretical insights with a forensic investigation into the ways in which Roma - the largest and the most socio-economically deprived minority group in Europe - are forced into a special category - unbelonging. Unbelonging explains continued marginalisation and exclusion in regional, national and international contexts. Zevnik and Russell provide an insight into how Roma are made to unbelong in the institutions, civil society and media representations across the EU institutions and its Member States. They also show how the community self-perpetuates majoritarian policies and internal racialisation, preventing parts of the community access to political rights. The case study of Slovenia demonstrates such visceral visibility of Romani unbelonging in political and social contexts. The book draws out how Roma agency becomes visible in campaigns for recognition of a Roma nation at the international level. Similarly, it acknowledges the significance of building coalitions with other marginalised groups and political projects to achieve political recognition and strengthen Roma's political purchase. Major contributions of The Politics of Unbelonging include its theoretical and empirical underpinning and the location of Roma in a wider set of literatures on race and racialisation. Moreover, the book's call to recognise the agency of Roma communities and identification of the potential for allyship in a global - and non-state reliant - context can help frame future studies of marginalisation and racialisation.

Author Biography

Andreja Zevnik is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester Andrew Russell is a Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date May 2025
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781526183545 / 1526183544
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPrint PDF
  • Pages344
  • ReadershipCollege/higher education; Professional and scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions234 X 156 mm
  • Biblio NotesDerived from Proprietary 6344
  • SeriesEuropean Politics
  • Reference Code16922

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