Racial Cities: Governance and the Segregation of Romani People in Urban Europe (Routledge Advances in Sociology)

Synopsis

Going Beyond Race-blind Approaches To Spatial Segregation In Europe, Racial Cities Argues That Race Is The Logic Through Which Stigmatized And Segregated Gypsy Urban Areas Have Emerged And Persisted In Post-wwii Europe. Building On Nearly A Decade Of Ethnographic And Historical Research In Romania, Italy, France And The Uk, Giovanni Picker Casts A Series Of Case Studies Into The Historical Framework Of Circulations And Borrowings Between Colony And Metropole Since The Late 19th Century. By Focusing On Socio-economic Transformations And Social Dynamics In Contemporary Cluj-napoca, Pescara, Montreuil, Florence And Salford, Picker Detects Four Local Segregating Mechanisms, And Comparatively Investigates Resemblances Between Each Of Them And Segregation In French Rabat, Italian Addis Ababa, And British New Delhi. These Multiple Global Associations Across Space And Time Serve As An Empirical Basis For Establishing A Solid Bridge Between Critical Race Theory And Urban Studies. Racial Cities Is The First Comprehensive Analysis Of The Segregation Of Romani People In Europe, Providing A Fine-tuned And In-depth Explanation Of This Phenomenon. While Inequalities Increase Globally And Poverty Is Ever More Concentrated, This Book Is A Key Contribution To Debates And Actions Addressing Social Marginality, Inequalities, Racist Exclusions, And Governance. Introduction: Inside Segregation -- Nodes -- Displacement -- Omission -- Containment -- Cohesion -- Correspondences -- Conclusion: Beyond Segregation? Giovanni Picker. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 156-169) And Index.