The Newest Challenges of the Oldest Minority: On Roma Inclusion

Noua Revista de Drepturile Omului nr. 1, 2013

25 Pages Posted: 5 Jul 2013

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Aurora Ciuca

Stefan cel Mare University

Mihaela Roxana Prisacariu

Universitatea Mihail Kogalniceanu

Date Written: March 4, 2013

Abstract

The Roma inclusion policy is entering from politics, in the mainstream of scientific research. In the last decade, the advance in understanding and structuring a coherent conception on the topic is evident.

However, it is unclear how the Roma inclusion policy is itself integrated in the evolution of Romania and how the distribution of competences between EU and Member States on this matter is evolving.

The study aims to show that, in spite of growing EU involvement, the domain is currently still reined by the national authorities. But how long will Romania be able to preserve this power and how can this process be tackled at national level in order to achieve effective results? We think that the effectiveness of this policy depends, among other, on the determination to consolidate the Romanian civic nation as an inclusive nation which supports the right to distinctiveness of the national minorities’ members.

In the general centralizing trend at the European Union level, this issue could become a vehicle to transport power from the Member States to the European Union, by using subsidiarity, if the states will prove themselves unable to develop an effective Roma inclusion policy.

Keywords: Roma inclusion, national minorities, European policy, Romanian strategy

Suggested Citation

Ciuca, Aurora and Prisacariu, Mihaela Roxana, The Newest Challenges of the Oldest Minority: On Roma Inclusion (March 4, 2013). Noua Revista de Drepturile Omului nr. 1, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2289743

Aurora Ciuca

Stefan cel Mare University ( email )

Str. Universitatii nr. 13
Suceava

Mihaela Roxana Prisacariu (Contact Author)

Universitatea Mihail Kogalniceanu ( email )

Balusescu, 2
Iasi, Iasi 700309
Romania

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