George Soros and the Roma: Praxis, Equity and Empowerment
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-032-06599-5 (ISBN)
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For three decades the philanthropist and billionaire investor George Soros has played a prominent role in promoting a vision of Open Society in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), promoting the transition from communist statism to liberal democracy through his philanthropic measures, most notably his support for the Open Society Foundations. Within this body of work an important aspect has been Soros support and commitment to the development of Roma civil society. Support from Soros endeavours has enabled the development and progression of Roma civil society, especially at the transnational level, preparing and training Roma community leaders in the skills of community development and project management. Thousands of Roma individuals have also benefited from generous scholarship programmes funded by Open Society and Soros, completing school and university studies and other forms of training, thereby engendering role models. Soros-supported initiatives have also been highly influential in transnational diplomacy within for example the Council of Europe and the European Union, playing an important role in policy frameworks like the Decade for Roma Inclusion and the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies.
Andrew Ryder is a British academic and social justice campaigner based in Budapest. He is a Professor at Eötvös Loránd University and Director of the Institute for Political and International Studies and was a board member of the Roma Education Fund. Prior to this, he was an academic at the Corvinus University Budapest, University of Bristol and before entering academia was the researcher to the All- Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (based in the Westminster Parliament) and Policy Officer for the Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform Coalition (winners of the Liberty Human Rights Award in 2004).
Balázs Majtényi is from Hungary and is a professor at Eötvös Loránd University, he holds a law degree and a history MA (both from Eötvös Loránd University). He completed his Ph.D. at the same institution in political sciences. His research interests include social history, nation-building, citizenship and human rights, with a focus on issues of minority, migrant, and refugee protection, the Hungarian public law turn and social history of the Hungarian Roma.
Frank Thomas Zsigó is a Canadian/Hungarian political scientist and assistant professor at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He has worked with a number of Roma NGOs in Hungary and served as a consultant to Roma organizations at the midway point of the Decade for Roma Inclusion. He has recently conducted research on the situation of Ukrainian Roma refugees in Hungary.
Chapter One Introduction: Key Questions.- Chapter Two Roma Ethnogenesis And Civil Society: Key Challenges.- Chapter Three Who Is George Soros?.- Chapter Four Starting Out: The Development of Soros Supported Roma Civil Society.- Chapter Five Failing Forward: Roma Inclusion and Development Frameworks.- Chapter Six Roma Education Fund: The Flagship of the Fleet?.- Chapter Seven Roma in Academia and Culture: A Question of Identity.- Chapter Eight Vanguardism: NGOisation and Polycrisis.- Chapter Nine Out with the Old, in with the New? The Roma Foundation for Europe.- Chapter Ten Looking Back Looking Forward.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.1.2026 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XVII, 298 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | authoritarian populism • Civil Society and Social Movements • community development • Identity • Praxis • Roma • Transition |
| ISBN-10 | 3-032-06599-2 / 3032065992 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-032-06599-5 / 9783032065995 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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