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Title
Legal aspects of ethnic data collection and positive action : the Roma minority in Europe / Jozefien Van Caeneghem.
ISBN
9783030236687 (electronic book)
3030236684 (electronic book)
9783030236670
Published
Cham : Springer, [2019]
Copyright
©2019
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-23668-7 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-23
Call Number
KJC5144.M56 V36 2019eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
342.408/7
Summary
This book addresses the legal feasibility of ethnic data collection and positive action for equality and anti-discrimination purposes, and considers how they could be used to promote the Roma minoritys inclusion in Europe. The books central aim is to research how a societal problem can be improved upon from a legal perspective. The controversy surrounding ethnic data collection and positive action severely limits their use at the national level. Accordingly, legal and political concerns are analysed and addressed in order to demonstrate that it is possible to collect such data and to implement such measures while fully respecting international and European human rights norms, provided that certain conditions are met. Part I focuses on ethnic data collection and explores the key rules and principles that govern it, the ways in which this equality tool could be used, and how potential obstacles might be overcome. It also identifies and addresses the specific challenges that arise when collecting ethnic data on the Roma minority in Europe. In turn, Part II explores positive action and the broad range of measures covered by the concept, before analysing the applicable international and European framework. It reviews the benefits and challenges of implementing positive action for Roma, identifies best practices, and gives special consideration to inter-cultural mediation in the advancement of Roma inclusion. The book concludes with an overview of the main findings on both topics and by identifying three essential elements that must be in place, in addition to full respect for the applicable legal rules, in order to combat discrimination and achieve the inclusion of Roma in Europe by complementing existing anti-discrimination frameworks with the collection of ethnic data and the implementation of positive action schemes.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 20, 2019).
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Introduction
Human Rights and the Roma: Key Concepts
Part I: Ethnic Data Collection
Ethnic Data Collection: Key Elements, Rules and Principles
Ethnic Data Collection: Benefits, Risks, Data Sources and Methods
Challenges to Collecting Ethnic Data on the Roma Minority in Europe
Part II: Positive Action
Positive Action and the Link with Ethnic Data
International Framework on Positive Action
European Framework on Positive Action
Positive Action for the Roma Minority in Europe
Positive Action for Roma in Four Key Areas
Inter-Cultural Mediation to Enhance Roma Inclusion
Final Conclusions and Recommendations.