Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2014.

xii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliography (p. [197]-207) and index.

The Roma people -- The Roma in a multiethnic locality in Transylvania -- EU accession conditionality as an opportunity context for Roma political representation in Europe -- The EU enlargement and the political representation of Roma in Romania -- The international Roma political activists and their role in the crystallization of Roma collective identity -- The Roma kings between international, state-national and local legitimization : the case of Romanian Roma kings -- The international Roma festival in Costesti/Romania.

Romanies -- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government.

Romanies -- Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic identity.

Romanies -- Europe, Eastern -- History.

Political participation -- Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations.

9781472420589 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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