Social Equality or Cultural Identity?
Dilemmas of the Gypsy/Romani Education Policy
Abstract
In the complex system of the European co-operation, every nation and minority tries to find its place and exercise their rights. Even those nations have problems with integration which form a state or a political unit. In case of the groups that have no own state — like the Basque — the situation is even more complicated. Considering the gypsy minority in this sense we can understand those serious troubles that are in connection with integration. The gypsy, Romani minority is compartmentalized culturally, many of their groups have long time traditions, and they live in every country of our continent. Their adaptation to the EU therefore means peculiar problems to both the concerned societies and their governments. In our study we are willing to review these questions emphasising that we are talking about one minority but their problems head towards a common issue in the whole EU.
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