SUBJECT
Title
The situation of Romany minority in Central Europe
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semesters 3-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
The course deals with a social status of the largest ethnic minorthy called the roma in Hungary and in Central and Eastern Europe. During the course, student will be intruduce to social-demographic backgound, financial status, education, labour market position, mobility of roma minority. Great emphasis is laid on poverty, deprivation, segregation, marginalisation and openness to social integration.
Readings
- Kertesi Gábor: On the margin of society. Budapest: Osiris, 2005.
- Kertesi Gábor: Roma employment and unemployment before and after of change of regime. Esély 1995/4.
- Kemény István - Janky Béla – Lengyel Gabriella: Hungarian roma 1971-2003. Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest, 2004.
- Neményi Mária–Szalai Júlia (ed.) Minority of minorities. Budapest: UMK 2005.