| No 68
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Integration of the Gypsies in Czechoslovakia |
| Institution |
State University of New York: Binghamton, NY 13901 |
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Publication (Journal) |
Ethnic Groups 9 no.2 (1991): 107-17 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1991 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
The emergence of the Roma as a numerically strong ethnic minority in Czechoslovakia and other countries of the former Soviet bloc is examined. The policy of the communist regimes in the region was characterized by denial of the Roma as a legitimate ethnic group, denial of education in the native tongue of Romani, and forced integration and assimilation into the dominant nations. This policy resulted in Gypsies predominating all statistics of social ills. The fall of the communist regimes in 1989 led to political activism and the creation of Roma-Gypsy political parties. Czechoslovakia as well as other countries in the region, must now cope with the Roma's quest for rights and the resulting racial tensions and prejudice. |
| Discipline(s) |
political sociology
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| Source(s) |
survey
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