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Martin KOVATS

Country of residence

United Kingdom

Brief introduction

European Commission, Special Advisor on Roma Issues to Commissioner Laszlo Andor

Education

PhD 1998, University of Portsmouth (UK)

Academic profile

As a political scientist, my interest lies in understanding and explaining how Roma has become an increasingly significant political phenomenon in recent years. This includes the motivations and mechanism underlying  Roma self-organisation, political activity, but also the development of explicit Roma policy frameworks, policies and programmes, and the wider public discourse of Roma.  I am particular interested in the relationships between civic and ethnic identity, minority status and citizenship. This includes analysis of the internationalisation/Europeanisation of Roma politics, policy and related discourses.

Publications

  • (2001) ‘Problems of Intellectual and Political Accountability in Respect of Emerging European Roma Policy’, Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, (Autumn), www.ecmi.de/jemie/
  • (2001) ‘The Emergence of European Roma Policy’ in Will Guy (ed.) Between Past and Future: the Roma of Central and Eastern Europe (Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press), pp.93-116.
  • Denied a Future? The Right to Education of Roma/Gypsy and Traveller Children in Europe, (London: Save the Children), 2001

Keywords

Roma politics, policy analysis, theory

Contact

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