TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rostas,Iulis
TI  - A Task for Sisyphus: Why Europe's Roma Policies Fail 
SN  - 9789633863206
AV  - DX210 .R67 2019eb
PY  - 2019///
CY  - [s.l.]
PB  - Central European University Press
KW  - Romanies
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Cultural assimilation
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Hungary
KW  - Romania
KW  - Education / Educational Policy & Reform
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ethnic Identity as a social category and as a process -- Policy-making, policy models, and the Roma -- Policies towards Roma in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania -- The EU framework for national Roma integration strategies-soft governance of complex issues -- Conclusion: failure, data, and what comes next
N2  - Despite the increasing number of policy measures and initiatives targeting the Roma in Europe, their position has continued to worsen, which requires answers from policymakers, activists and academics. The author sums up why Roma policies fail on European and national levels as follows: failure to define the target group; to provide good information and data; to establish a mechanism for effective participation of Roma; to allow adequate debate and consultation; to define the problems and to frame the issue; to coordinate between central and local level; to design policies without monitoring and evaluation; and finally failure of regulative framework. Each of the above is expounded in the book with a number of recommendations. These include conceiving the Roma as a "politically insular minority," giving greater consideration to the specificities of Romani ethnic identity and setting up mechanisms that ensure that the voice of Roma is heard during the decision-making processes
UR  - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7829/j.ctv1453hvp
ER  -