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Author Filčák, Richard.

Title Living beyond the pale : environmental justice and the Roma minority / Richard Filcak.

Publication Info. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefits? In order to understand the present situation and identify ways to address the impacts of these inequalities we must understand the past and mechanisms related to the differentiated treatment. The situation and discrimination of the Roma ethnic minority in Slovakia is examined from the perspective of environmental conditions and injustice. There is no simple answer as to why there is environmental injustice. Environmental conditions in Roma settlements are just one of the indicators of failures of policies addressing the problem of poverty and social exclusion in marginalized groups, structural discrimination, and internal Roma problems. Environmental injustice is not an outcome of the "historical determination" of the Roma population to live in environmentally problematic places.
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Subject Romanies -- Social conditions.
Romanies -- Social conditions.
Romanies.
Romanies -- Economic conditions.
Romanies -- Economic conditions.
Environmental justice -- Europe.
Environmental justice.
Europe.
Social justice -- Europe.
Social justice.
Europe -- Environmental conditions.
Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Filčák, Richard. Living beyond the pale. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2012 9786155225130 (DLC) 2012019689 (OCoLC)793581892
ISBN 9786155225543 (electronic book)
6155225540 (electronic book)
9786155225130
6155225133
1283594080
9781283594080