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Racial, ethnic, or national minority?: legal discourses and policy frameworks on the Roma in Hungary and beyond
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Abstract Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term "ethnic minority" with "nationality", by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks in Hungary, the article provides a general as... view more
Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term "ethnic minority" with "nationality", by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks in Hungary, the article provides a general assessment of the relationship between policy instruments and terminology: that is, definitions and conceptualizations in international and domestic legal and policy documents for minority groups. The author argues that while terminology in itself is not a reliable signifier for policy frameworks, it may reveal contradictory group conceptualization and inconsistent policy-making. In regards to the Roma, the author claims that the inconsistent labelling as an ethnic, racial and national minority reflects the lack of consistent conceptualization of who the Roma are, and what should be done with them.... view less
Keywords
ethnic origin; ethnic group; Hungary; nation; gipsy; minority policy; minority rights
Classification
Law
Social Problems
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 32-47
Journal
Social Inclusion, 3 (2015) 5
Issue topic
Talking about Roma: implications for social iInclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution