Roma Rights and Civil Rights: A Transatlantic Comparison

Roma Rights and Civil Rights tackles the movements for - and expressions of - equality for Roma in Central and Southeast Europe and African Americans from two complementary perspectives: law and cultural studies. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book engages with comparative law, European studies, cultural studies, and critical race theory. Its central contribution is to compare the experiences of Roma and African Americans regarding racialization, marginalization, and mobilization for equality. Deploying a novel approach, the book challenges conventional notions of civil rights and paradigms in Romani studies.

• Shows the limits of civil rights, strategic litigation, and government mandates
• Makes the case for comparative minority studies while fostering ties among cutting-edge scholarship from a variety of disciplines
• Engages with the key question of whether legal change anticipates or follows cultural change