Author | : Ryder, Andrew |
File Size | : 50,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 08 October 2014 |
ISBN | : 9781447313595 |
Pages | : 224 pages |
Hearing the voices of GRT communities by Ryder, Andrew Book PDF Summary
Over the past decade, interest in Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) has risen up the political and media agendas, but they remain relatively unknown. This topical book is the first to chart the history and contemporary developments in GRT community activism, and the community and voluntary organisations and coalitions which support it. Underpinned by radical community development and equality theories, it describes the communities' struggle for rights against a backdrop of intense intersectional discrimination across Europe, and critiques the ambivalent role of community development in fostering these campaigns. Much of it co-written by community activists, it is a vehicle for otherwise marginalised voices, and an essential resource and inspiration for practitioners, lecturers, researchers and members of GRT communities.