Gypsies and Travellers
Empowerment and Inclusion in British Society
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
Now more than ever the issues of accommodation, education, health care, employment, and social exclusion for British Gypsy and Traveller communities need to be addressed. This book looks at Gypsies and Travellers in British society, touching on topics such as media and political representation, power, justice, and the impact of European initiatives for inclusion. In doing so, it offers important new insights for students, academics, policy makers, journalists, service providers, and others working with these groups.
Foreword by Lord Avebury
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Part One: Context, issues and policy responses
1. Setting the context: Gypsies and Travellers in British society
Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder
2. Accommodation needs and planning issues
Joanna Richardson and Maggie Smith-Bendell
3. Gypsy and Traveller health
Patrice Van Cleemput
4. Education, inclusion and government policy
Brian Foster and Sarah Cemlyn
5. Gypsies, Travellers and social policy: marginality and insignificance. A case study of Gypsy and Traveller children in care
Dan Allen
6. Gypsies and Travellers: economic practices, social capital and embeddedness
Margaret Greenfields, Andrew Ryder and David Smith
Part Two: Empowering Gypsies and Travellers
7. Justice and empowerment
Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder
8. Recognising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history and culture
Thomas Acton and Andrew Ryder
9. Research with and for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: combining policy, practice and community in action research
Margaret Greenfields and Andrew Ryder
10. ‘Stamp on the Camps’: the social construction of Gypsies and Travellers in media and political debate
Joanna Richardson and Richard O’Neill
11. EU framework for National Roma Integration Strategies: insights into empowerment and inclusive policy development
Iulius Rostas and Andrew Ryder
Part Three: Conclusions
12. Conclusion and next steps: inclusion, space and empowerment for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers?
Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder
References
Index
Sociology: Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations
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