Naslov
Making Ends Meet: How Roma Families Living in Poverty Cope

Autori
Šikić-Mićanović, Lynette

Izvornik
Südost-Europa Journal of Politics and Society (0722-480X) 65 (2017), 3; 520-541

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
coping strategies, Roma, capital, poverty, social exclusion

Sažetak
Literature on how Roma families cope with precarious living conditions and social exclusion remains very limited. Out of all the national minorities and ethnic groups in Croatia, the Roma undoubtedly have the most difficult social position characterised by a high degree of poverty and social exclusion. Based on recent fieldwork, the aim of this article is to explore the coping strategies different Roma populations in Croatia employ to meet their everyday needs. Acknowledging the different forms of interconnected, interdependent and context-specific capital that together constitute advantage and disadvantage in society (Bourdieu 1986), this study analyses Roma’s access to economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital. Along with discrimination and racism, Roma’s limited access to different forms of capital explicates the necessity of household-based, work-based, kin-based and aid- based strategies among some families living in poverty, especially in light of stricter social welfare policy measures that have been recently introduced.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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