Racial, Ethnic, or National Minority?: Legal Discourses and Policy Frameworks on the Roma in Hungary and Beyond

Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term “ethnic minority” with “nationality”, by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks in Hungary, the article provides a general as...

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1. VerfasserIn: Pap, András László (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cogitatio Press 2015
In: Social Inclusion
Jahr: 2015, Band: 3, Heft: 5, Seiten: 32-47
weitere Schlagwörter:B Nation
B Ethnicity
B Hungary
B Roma
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Zusammenfassung:Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term “ethnic minority” with “nationality”, by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks in Hungary, the article provides a general assessment of the relationship between policy instruments and terminology: that is, definitions and conceptualizations in international and domestic legal and policy documents for minority groups. The author argues that while terminology in itself is not a reliable signifier for policy frameworks, it may reveal contradictory group conceptualization and inconsistent policy-making. In regards to the Roma, the author claims that the inconsistent labelling as an ethnic, racial and national minority reflects the lack of consistent conceptualization of who the Roma are, and what should be done with them.
ISSN:2183-2803
Enthält:Enthalten in: Social Inclusion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17645/si.v3i5.232